Group work with seniors who have alzheimer’s or dementia in a social adult day program

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-64

  Junn Krebs, Uni ^a  

^a BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Communication patterns; Dementia groups; Group norms; Non verbal content; Stages of group development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248607683     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v26n02_05     Document Type: Article

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