Do interventions bringing current self-care practices into greater correspondence with those performed premorbidly benefit the person with dementia? A pilot study

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 312-317

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Jensen, Barbara ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nonpharmacological interventions; Preferences; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF MAINTENANCE HABITS AND PREFERENCES IN ELDERLY QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

EID: 33750301027     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317506291135     Document Type: Article

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