Dance performance as a method of intervention as experienced by older persons with dementia

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Ravelin, Teija ^a   Isola, Arja ^b   Kylmä, Jari ^c  

^a Kajaani University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dance; Intervention; Nursing; Nursing home; Older persons; Qualitative descriptive research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DANCE THERAPY; DANCING; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; DANCE THERAPY; DANCING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84873614935     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2011.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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