Caring for older people with dementia: Is there a case for the use of multisensory environments?

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Hope, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SENILE DEMENTIA; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0029762877     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004615     Document Type: Review

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