Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Later Life: Special Considerations, Contributions and Future Directions

Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 505-522

  Crossley, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age associated cognitive decline; Cognitive ageing effects functional neuroimageing; Goal attainment scaling (GAS) and outcome measurements; Late life rehabilitation; Simple imagery mnemonics in delayed recall

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349164742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773185.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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