Valuing the person's story: Use of life story books in a continuing care setting

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Wills, Teresa ^a   Day, Mary Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Life story books; Long term care setting; Older adults; Person centred care; Relationship centred care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BOOK; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STORY BOOK; MALE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECORDING; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 54949091133     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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