Elderspeak communication: Impact on dementia care

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Williams, Kristine N ^a,c   Herman, Ruth ^a   Gajewski, Byron ^b   Wilson, Kristel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Dementia care; Problem behaviors; Resistiveness to care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PROBABILITY; VIDEOTAPE; CONFLICT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; EPISODE OF CARE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; SPEECH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 63349094857     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317508318472     Document Type: Article

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