A literature-based intervention for older people living with dementia

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Billington, Josie ^a   Carroll, Janine ^a   Davis, Philip ^a   Healey, Christine ^a   Kinderman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; literature based health intervention; reading; reading aloud; reading and health; reading therapy; shared reading

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE; HEARING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; READING; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

DEMENTIA; LITERATURE-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTION; READING; READING ALOUD; READING AND HEALTH; READING THERAPY; SHARED READING;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LITERATURE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877603655     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912470052     Document Type: Review

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