Elder-clowning in long-term dementia care: Results of a pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 347-353

  Kontos, Pia ^a,b   Miller, Karen Lee ^a,b   Colobong, Romeo ^a   Palma Lazgare, Luis I ^b   Binns, Malcolm ^b,c   Low, Lee Fay ^d   Surr, Claire ^e   Naglie, Gary ^a,c,f,g,h  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

arts based intervention; behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; loss of self; person centered care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MEMANTINE; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHEN MANSFIELD AGITATION INVENTORY; DANCING; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DEMENTIA CARE MAPPING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDER CLOWNING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMOR; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MUSIC; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY NURSING HOME; NURSING CARE ASSESSMENT SCALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; NURSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CANADA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958967389     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13941     Document Type: Article

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