Patterns of Dyadic Appraisal of Decision-Making Involvement of African American Persons Living with Dementia.

DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: There is a need to tailor strategies to optimize QOL in African American dementia dyads. While increasing everyday decision-making involvement for PLWDs in the Incongruent, PLWD Low Involvement pattern is an important goal, other strategies may be needed to improve QOL of PLWDs in the remaining patterns. PMID: 32609831 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Gerontologist - June 30, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Bonds K, Song M, Whitlatch CJ, Lyons KS, Kaye JA, Lee CS Tags: Gerontologist Source Type: research

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