An exploratory study of carers' and care staff's perspectives of silver memories-a unique radio program for older people

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Travers, Catherine ^a   Bartlett, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Dementia; Music therapy; Quality of life; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953770072     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924781003793607     Document Type: Article

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