Clinical usefulness and feasibility of using reality orientation with patients who have dementia in acute care settings

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-192

  O'Connell, Bev ^a,b   Gardner, Anne ^c   Takase, Miyuki ^d   Hawkins, Mary T ^c   Ostaszkiewicz, Joan ^a   Ski, Chantal ^b   Josipovic, Patricia ^e  

^a Deakin Southern Health Nursing Research Centre   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Deakin Southern Health Nursing Reasearch Centre   (Australia)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Dementia; Hospitalization; Intervention studies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; REALITY THERAPY;

EID: 34547396016     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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