Life review with people with dementia in care homes: A preliminary randomized controlled trial

Dementia: Non-Pharmacological Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-59

  Morgan, Sarah ^a   Woods, Robert T ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Care homes; Dementia; Depression; Life review; Reminiscence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892858828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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