Lucidity in a woman with severe dementia related to conversation. A case study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 891-896

  Normann, Hans Ketil ^a   Henriksen, Nils ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^b   Asplund, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communion; Confirmation; Demand; Dementia care; Episodes of lucidity; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT CHILDREN; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 22544486884     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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