Is an Entertainment Robot Useful in the Care of Elderly People with Severe Dementia?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-85

  Tamura, Toshiyo ^a   Yonemitsu, Satomi ^b   Itoh, Akiko ^c   Oikawa, Daisuke ^b   Kawakami, Akiko ^b   Higashi, Yuji ^b   Fujimooto, Toshiro ^b   Nakajima, Kazuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Fujimoto Hayasuzu Hospital   (Japan)

^c Gn Home for the Geriatric Facility   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BABY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0346672414     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.1.m83     Document Type: Article

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