Therapeutic psychosocial intervention for elderly subjects with very mild Alzheimer disease in a community: The tajiri project

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-269

  Ishizaki, Junichi ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^a   Ohe, Kyoko ^b   Kimura, Etsuko ^b   Tsuchiya, Emiko ^b   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a,b   Sekita, Yasuyoshi ^c   Yamadori, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tajiri SKIP Center   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical Dementia Rating; Intervention; Psychosocial therapy; Very mild dementia

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036815867     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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