We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Extending high rates of meaningful interaction among the elderly in residential care through participation in a specifically designed activity.
- Authors
Gallagher, Stephen Michael; Keenan, Michael
- Abstract
Periods of high frequency meaningful interaction among the institutionalized elderly can be extended by altering environmental and social contingencies despite the restrictive daily routine and physical layout of the institution. Residents were encouraged to participate in a table quiz in a location already sustaining high frequencies of meaningful interaction. Using an A–B–A–B design it was found that already high frequencies of meaningful interaction occurring at mealtimes could be extended by up to 90 minutes with the introduction of a table quiz. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
OLDER people; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIALIZATION; HUMAN behavior; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2000, Vol 15, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(200004/06)15:2<113::AID-BIN46>3.0.CO;2-Y