Reminiscing, poetry writing, and remembering boxes: Personhood-centered communication with cognitively impaired older adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 97-112

  Hagens, Chris ^a   Beaman, Amanda ^b   Ryan, Ellen Bouchard ^c  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer s disease; Cognitive impairment; Communication; Dementia; Life story; Longterm care; Personhood; Poetry; Reminiscence; Written language

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149114289     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v27n03_07     Document Type: Article

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