People with dementia watch television! But why?

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 24, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-43

  Knall, Gunilla ^a   Östlund, Britt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dementia; experiences; nursing homes; routines; watching television

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865527142     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-950-9-29     Document Type: Article

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