Multisensory stimulation for elderly with dementia: A 24-week single-blind randomized controlled pilot study

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-376

  Milev, Roumen V ^a   Kellar, Tracey ^b   McLean, Marilyn ^b   Mileva, Vicky ^c   Luthra, Veb ^a   Thompson, Shiela ^b   Peever, Linda ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rideaucrest Home   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Multisensory stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTISENSORY STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 49249105791     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317508316681     Document Type: Article

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