Life review and life story books for people with mild to moderate dementia: A randomised controlled trial

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 363-375

  Subramaniam, Ponnusamy ^a,b   Woods, Bob ^a   Whitaker, Chris ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Care home; Older adult; Reminiscence; Staff and relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALES;

EID: 84894700883     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.837144     Document Type: Review

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