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Improving Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and Cognitive Status of Participants with Dementia through the Use of Toy Interactive Pets

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice
Contributors: Streit, Bryanna
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Background: In the US, one in three older adults die with Alzheimer’s or related dementia (Gaugler et al., 2019). Currently, there is no cure for the rapidly growing burden, but there are pharmacological treatments to manage the symptoms, which lead to numerous side effects (Kales et al., 2015). Method: We tested the effectiveness of a non-pharmacological toy interactive pet (TIP) in… more
Full Text: Running Head: IMPROVING SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA WITH TIP Improving Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and Cognitive Status of Participants with Dementia through the Use of Toy Interactive Pets Bryanna Streit Florida Atlantic University Fall 2019 Faculty …