Persons with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease managing daily activities via verbal instruction technology

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-562

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   La Martire, Maria L ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Pinto, Katia ^e   Minervini, Mauro G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e Alzheimer Rehabilitation Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Daily activities; Instruction technology; Verbal instructions

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROOMING; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; TECHNOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 58149181749     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317508328181     Document Type: Article

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