Effects of short-term reminiscence therapy on elderly with dementia: A comparison with everyday conversation approaches

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 124-133

  Okumura, Yumiko ^a,b   Tanimukai, Satoshi ^c   Asada, Takashi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly with dementia; Non verbal communication; Reminiscence therapy; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 57249108681     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2008.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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