Preventing agitated behaviors during bath time: To move the bathing experience out of the realm of task and into the arena of therapeutic intervention, nursing involvement is necessary

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 112-114

  Kovach, Christine R ^a   Meyer Arnold, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Adult Day Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BATH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BATHS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 0031135481     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4572(97)90026-4     Document Type: Article

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