Communication Strategies for Alzheimer's Patients Movie Review 19??

Outlines techniques that help both the health care provider and the patient with Alzheimer's communicate with each other, including methods that improve the effectiveness of communication and ways of maintaining a client's dignity and self-respect. Also discusses the difficulties these individuals have in receiving, storing, and retrieving ideas and explains the differences between mechanical and meaningful use of language.

Distribution

AJN Video Library/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, American Journal of Nursing, 345 Hudson St., 16th Fl., New York, NY 10014, Phone: (212)886-1200, Toll-free: 800-256-4045, Fax: (212)886-1276, Email: info@nursingcenter.com, URL: http://www.nursingcenter.com, Remarks: For purchase & rentals contact: AJN Video Library, c/o West Glen, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018.

Available on VHS
Running time 30 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Nursing, Medical Education, Aging, Handicapped, Patient Care, Communication