Increasing constructive engagement and positive affect for residents with severe and very severe dementia through group-based activities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Materne, Chris J ^a   Luszcz, Mary A ^a   Goodwin Smith, Ian ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Anglicare SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Engagement; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896549401     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12127     Document Type: Article

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