Communicating through caregiver singing during morning care situations in dementia care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-168

  Hammar, Lena Marmstål ^a,b   Emami, Azita ^a,c   Engström, Gabriella ^b   Götell, Eva ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University of Seattle   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Caring; Communication; Dementia; Intervention; Music; Qualitative content analysis; Singing; Video observation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MUSIC; NURSING; SWEDEN;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MUSIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951533123     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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