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ERIC Number: EJ517436
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-4150
Friends in Passing: Social Interaction at an Adult Day Care Center.
Williams, Barbara; Roberts, Pamela
International Journal of Aging & Human Development, v41 n1 p63-78 1995
Participant observation study explored social interactions and friendships among cognitively impaired adult day-care participants. Found clients engage in a variety of social interactions and friendships, enabling them to maintain a sense of self and to adjust to group norms. Discussed general socializing, enduring friendships, helping relationships, and client integration. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Alzheimers Disease, Case Studies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Friendship, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Older Adults, Participant Observation, Problems, Social Behavior, Social Integration
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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