Persons with moderate alzheimer's disease improve activities and mood via instruction technology

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-257

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Pangrazio, Maria Teresa ^a   Megna, Marisa ^a   Zonno, Nadia ^a   La Martire, Maria L ^a   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; Indices of happiness; Instruction technology; Verbal instructions

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COFFEE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 68149132702     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317509332627     Document Type: Article

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