'Finding the person the disease has' - The case for multisensory environments

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 554-561

  Hope, K W ^a   Easby, R ^b   Waterman, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Communication; Dementia; Multisensory environments; Personcentred care

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; LEISURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 4944227230     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00760.x     Document Type: Review

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