The underlying meaning of stimuli: Impact on engagement of persons with dementia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 216-222

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,c   Thein, Khin ^a   Dakheel Ali, Maha ^a   Marx, Marcia S ^a  

^a Research Institute on Aging   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Engagement; Nursing home; Self identity; Work like stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEX ROLE; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77952090099     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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