Technology-based orientation programs to support indoor travel by persons with moderate Alzheimer's disease: Impact assessment and social validation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 286-293

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Perilli, Viviana ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Bosco, Andrea ^a   Caffò, Alessandro O ^a   Picucci, Luciana ^a   Cassano, Germana ^e   Groeneweg, Jop ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c American Health and Wellness Institute   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e Other Home Day Center   (Italy)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Auditory cues; Light cues; Orientation technology; Social validation assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CUES; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865957919     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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