'Dancing down memory lane': Circle dancing as a psychotherapeutic intervention in dementia-a pilot study

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 709-724

  Hamill, Michelle ^a   Smith, Lesley ^a   Röhricht, Frank ^a,b,c  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body oriented psychological therapy; carers; dementia; quality of life; therapeutic circle dance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869043028     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211420509     Document Type: Article

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