The Gerontologist, Vol 31, Issue 1 124-127, Copyright © 1991 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Identifying pleasant activities for Alzheimer's disease patients: the pleasant events schedule-AD

L Teri and RG Logsdon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle 98195.

Identifying pleasant activities for Alzheimer's disease patients is sometimes difficult due to their declining cognitive functioning. Such activities, however, may help to improve the patient's mood, reduce disruptive behaviors, and provide a sense of accomplishment. This paper presents an instrument, the Pleasant Events Schedule-AD, that can help both professional and family care providers identify and monitor activities that are enjoyable to individual patients.

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