Effects of a progressive muscle relaxation intervention on dementia symptoms, activities of daily living, and immune function in group home residents with dementia in Japan

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 135-145

  Ikemata, Shiho ^a   Momose, Yumiko ^b  

^a SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; immune function; progressive muscle relaxation

Indexed keywords

AUTOGENIC TRAINING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84994807654     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jjns.12147     Document Type: Article

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