Increasing social activity attendance in assisted living residents using personalized prompts and positive social attention

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 515-539

  Polenick, Courtney Allyn ^a   Flora, Stephen Ray ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity attendance; assisted living facilities; positive social attention; preference assessment; prompts

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATTENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84882255629     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464811427444     Document Type: Article

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