Resident-Assisted Montessori Programming (RAMP™): Use of a small group reading activity run by persons with dementia in adult day health care and long-term care settings

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-36

  Skrajner, Michael J ^a   Camp, Cameron J ^a,b  

^a Menorah Park Center for Senior Living   (United States)

^b Myers Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage dementia; Engagement; Procedural memory; Social roles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; READING; STANDARD;

EID: 33847384105     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317506297895     Document Type: Article

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