Effects of Group Therapy on the Elderly with Dementia

Keiko TATSUMI; Yoshinori ADACHI; Hiroshi ISHII; Yoshitake YOKOTA; Manabu ASHIKAGA; Hatsumi YOKOYAMA; Toshiaki SAKAI

doi:10.18936/islis.17.2_368

Hypnosis and Life Information Science

Effects of Group Therapy on the Elderly with Dementia

Keiko TATSUMI, Yoshinori ADACHI, Hiroshi ISHII, Yoshitake YOKOTA, Manabu ASHIKAGA, Hatsumi YOKOYAMA, Toshiaki SAKAI

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Keywords: group therapy, old patient with dementia, HDS-R, GBS scale, nursing

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1999 Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 368-376

DOI https://doi.org/10.18936/islis.17.2_368

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Using the hypothesis that group therapy is effective for slowing progression of dementia in the demented elderly because its stimuli activate the participants physically and mentally, we investigated the effect of group therapy on dementia symptoms. We found that a positive approach such as group therapy is very important for demented patients to not suffer further deterioration, or to improve.

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