The Silver Song Club project: Singing to promote the health of older people

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Skingley, Ann ^a   Bungay, Hilary ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts and health; Older people; Qualitative research; Singing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 77952529513     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2010.15.3.46902     Document Type: Article

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