Counseling older adults with dementia who are dealing with death: Innovative interventions for practitioners

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 777-787

  Lewis, Mary Miller ^a   Trzinski, Amy L ^b  

^a Senior Life Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COUNSELING; DEATH; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GRIEF; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLAY THERAPY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; GRIEF; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748533465     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600853199     Document Type: Review

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