Persons with Alzheimer's disease perform daily activities using verbal-instruction technology: A maintenance assessment

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-113

  Lancioni, Giulio ^a   Singh, Nirbhay ^b   O'Reilly, Mark ^c   Zonno, Nadia ^d   Cassano, Germana ^d   De Vanna, Floriana ^e   Laura De Bari, Anna ^e   Pinto, Katia ^e   Minervini, Mauro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Other Home Day Center   (Italy)

^e Alzheimer Rehabilitation Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Daily activities; Indices of happiness; Maintenance; Technology; Verbal instructions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEACHING; VERBAL INSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949446089     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518420903468480     Document Type: Article

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