A pilot study on the use of dolls for people with dementia [3]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Mackenzie, Lorna ^a   James, Ian Andrew ^a,b   Morse, Rachel ^a,b   Mukaetova Ladinska, Elizabeth ^a,b   Reichelt, F Katharina ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LETTER; LEWY BODY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PILOT STUDY; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAY THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745425874     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl007     Document Type: Letter

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