The elders drum project: Enhancing quality of life for long-term care residents

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-79

  Fleming Cottrell, Rita P ^a   Gallant, Kerry A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Wingate at St Francis   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovations in long term care; Purposeful activity; Quality of life; Self directed interventions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 9244244157     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v22n02_05     Document Type: Article

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