Evaluating two group programmes of cognitive training in mild-to-moderate AD: Is there any difference between a 'global' stimulation and a 'cognitive-specific' one?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-218

  Farina, E ^a,d   Mantovani, F ^a   Fioravanti, R ^a   Pignatti, R ^c   Chiavari, L ^a   Imbornone, E ^a   Olivotto, F ^a   Alberoni, M ^a   Mariani, C ^b   Nemni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL LIVING SKILLS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY TRAINING; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSES OBSERVATION SCALE FOR GERIATRIC PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; REVISED MEMORY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS CHECKLIST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL FLUENCY FOR LETTERS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745700237     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500409492     Document Type: Article

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