Extending high rates of meaningful interaction among the elderly in residential care through participation in a specifically designed activity

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Gallagher, Stephen Michael ^a   Keenan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034081662     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(200004/06)15:2<113::AID-BIN46>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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