Educating individuals with dementia: Perspectives for rehabilitation professionals

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-314

  Davis, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Environmental modifications; Errorless learning; Memory loss; Rehabilitation; Spaced retrieval training

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DEVICE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEMORY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 29944443180     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200510000-00007     Document Type: Review

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