Memory interventions and quality of life for older adults with dementia

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-102

  Hawley, Karri S ^a   Cherry, Katie E ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia quality of life; Memory interventions; Memory remediation; Spaced retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249165691     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924780802142958     Document Type: Article

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