How Occupational Therapists Teach Older Patients to Use Bathing and Dressing Devices in Rehabilitation

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 276-282

  Schemm, Ruth L ^a   Gitlin, Laura N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient education; Rehabilitation, geriatric; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; CLOTHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BATHS; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF CARE;

EID: 0032036408     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.52.4.276     Document Type: Article

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