JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 516-522 , September 2008

Pilot Testing of the Restorative Care Intervention for the Cognitively Impaired

  • Elizabeth M. Galik, PhD, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elizabeth M. Galik, PhD, CRNP, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
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  • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
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  • Ann Gruber-Baldini, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
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  • Karen Pearson, MSN, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Delaware School of Nursing, Newark, DE

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 This study was supported by the AMDA Foundation/Pfizer Quality Improvement Awards, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and the Agency for Health Care Quality grant no. RO1 HS/MH 13372-01. In addition, we thank and acknowledge the residents, families, and nursing assistants of Copper Ridge in Sykesville, MD, who were willing to participate in this study and help us learn how to best implement a restorative philosophy of care.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00174-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.04.013

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 516-522 , September 2008

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