Customized art activities for individuals with alzheimer-type dementia

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Seifert, Lauren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; Alzheimer; Dementia; Visual arts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012914748     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v24n04_06     Document Type: Article

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