Persons with early-stage dementia reflect on being outdoors: A repeated interview study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 793-800

  Olsson, Annakarin ^a,b   Lampic, Claudia ^c   Skovdahl, Kirsti ^b   Engström, Maria ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activities; early stage dementia; nursing; outdoors; social construction theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84883657556     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.801065     Document Type: Article

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