Acceptability of personal contact interventions to address loneliness for people with dementia: An exploratory mixed methods study

Background: Personal contact interventions involve routine visits with a person or animal to address loneliness. Research supports the promise of these interventions to address loneliness among cognitively intact older adults, but little is known about their use with people with dementia. Objective:...

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Main Authors: Hannah M. O'Rourke, Souraya Sidani, Nicole Jeffery, Judy Prestwich, Haydn McLean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666142X20300084