Correlates of Social Engagement in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Purpose: The social needs of nursing home (NH) residents with dementia are often ignored even though they are capable of expressing their emotions and responding in social interactions. Insufficient social engagement in this population is known to be associated with low quality of life as well as ma...

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Main Author: Hyunwook Kang, PhD, RN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Asian Nursing Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131712000230