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Enhancing The Quality Of Life Of Nursing Home Residents With Late Stage Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders, Felicity Sluga
Enhancing The Quality Of Life Of Nursing Home Residents With Late Stage Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders, Felicity Sluga
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Educational Objectives
1. Discuss the growing need for special programming and activities to improve the quality of life of nursing home residents with dementing illnesses.
2. Discuss program and activity options that have a positive impact on quality of life as measured by the resident's mood, behavioral symptoms, cognitive skills, physical condition and medication use.
3. Review the responses of a resident to our unit’s therapeutic interventions.