SCI Nursing Journal

From the John A. Hartford Institute on Geriatric Nursing www.hartfordign.org and the Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org
Communication Difficulties: Assessment and Interventions
By: Della Frazier-Rios, RN, MS and Cora Zembrzuski, APRN, MSN, CS, PhD (cand.)
WHY: Dementia impairs a person’s ability to communicate effectively. It reduces the ability to decode and understand information (receptive language) and the ability to encode […]

Paul Kennedy, DPhil; Lynne Hindson, BSc (Hons); and Nicola Taylor, BSc (Hons)
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively investigate the general benefits and impact that activity courses have on coping, activity involvement, relationships, and self-perception. Participants who had attended a multi-activity “Back-Up” course between 1998 and 2002 completed questionnaires related to demographics, […]