Effects of a communication intervention on the discourse of nursing home residents with dementia and their nursing assistants

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-157

  Dijkstra, Katinka ^a   Bourgeois, Michelle ^a   Burgio, Lou ^b   Allen, Rebecca ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036628428     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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