Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ346670
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Behavioral Treatment of Deficit Skills in Dementia Patients.
McEvoy, Cathy L.; Patterson, Roger L.
Gerontologist, v26 n5 p475-78 Oct 1986
Compared the progress of elderly patients at a short-term residential facility. Patients with diagnosed dementia (N=15) showed improvements comparable to patients (N=15) with psychiatric problems but no diagnosed dementia on several skills, while showing little or no progress in other areas. Discusses implications for remediation of skill deficits in the demented elderly. (Author/ABB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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