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- 1Advanced old age
- 1Dementia
- 1End-of-life care
- 1Mealtimes
- 1Non-verbal communicaiton
- 1Cable-Williams, Beryl
- 1Cleary, Stuart
- 1Hopper, Tammy
- 1Mak, Karen
- 1Pangalia, Jessica
- 1Sellinger, Kelly
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2012-06-11
Wesner, Stephanie, Sellinger, Kelly, Pangalia, Jessica, Mak, Karen
Individuals with dementia who live in long-term care facilities often lack opportunities for social interaction. Mealtimes provide such an opportunity, yet there are few studies of the nature of communication during mealtimes. The purpose of this 900 project was to examine verbal and non-verbal...
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Fall 2011
Despite their proximity to death because of advanced old age and disability necessitating institutionalization, the oldest-old have rarely been the recipients of a comprehensive palliative approach to care or the focus of palliative care research. This lack has been attributed prognostic...