Memory Aids as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategy for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.

The effect of memory aids on conversations between nursing aides and residents with dementia during 5-minute conversations was examined. Nursing home units in seven nursing homes were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Residents in the treatment condition were given 12-page memor...

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Publicado en:	AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 196 - 211
Autores principales:	Bourgeois, Michelle S., Dijkstra, Katinka, Burgio, Louis, Allen-Burge, Rebecca
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2001
Materias:	Dementia patients Nursing home residents Conversation Nurses' aides Nursing home care Psychology
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