An Art Gallery Access Programme for people with dementia: 'You do it for the moment'

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 744-752

  MacPherson, Sarah ^a   Bird, Michael ^a,b   Anderson, Katrina ^a,b   Davis, Terri ^a   Blair, Annaliese ^a  

^a NSW Greater Southern Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Excess disability; Psychosocial intervention; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ART; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAMPLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449086027     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902918207     Document Type: Article

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