Woodlands therapy: An ethnographic analysis of a small-group therapeutic activity for people with moderate or severe dementia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 650-657

  Pulsford, David ^a   Rushforth, David ^b   Connor, Irene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Oaklands Day Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day care; Dementia; Ethnography; Multi sensory environments; Nursing; Therapeutic activities; Woodlands therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLAY THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0034263647     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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