Volunteers' experiences visiting the cognitively impaired in nursing homes: A friendly visiting program

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-356

  Damianakis, Thecla ^a   Wagner, Laura M ^b   Bernstein, Syrelle ^b   Marziali, Elsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Baycrest ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Arts; Dementia; Interdisciplinary care; Personhood; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PERSONHOOD; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEAM BUILDING; VOLUNTEER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 43149106224     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cja.26.4.343     Document Type: Article

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