Increasing engagement in daily activities by older adults with dementia

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Engelman, Kimberly K ^a   Altus, Deborah E ^a   Mathews, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Engagement; Older adults; Prompts; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000402883     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1999.32-107     Document Type: Article

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