Dementia practice directory.To advance the care of people with dementia dementia (dĭmĕn`shə) [Lat.,=being out of the mind], progressive deterioration of intellectual faculties resulting in apathy, confusion, and stupor. In the 17th cent. , the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA ATRA All-Trans Retinoic Acid (aka tretinoin) ATRA American Tort Reform Association ATRA American Therapeutic Recreation Association (Alexandria, VA) ATRA Advanced Transit Association ) has posted on its Web site a comprehensive listing of recreational therapists who have completed ATRA's approved training workshop and competency-based testing for ATRA's Dementia Practice Guideline guideline Medtalk A series of recommendations by a body of experts in a particular discipline. See Cancer screening guidelines, Cardiac profile guidelines, Gatekeeper guidelines, Harvard guidelines, Transfusion guidelines. for Recreational Therapy recreational therapy Play therapy 'Any free, voluntary and expressive activity…(which may be)…motor, sensory, or mental, vitalized by the expansive play spirit, sustained by deep-rooted pleasurable attitudes and evoked by whole emotional , which is intended for recreational therapists working with older patients with dementia in all care settings. Therapists listed in the directory have demonstrated competencies in using recreation therapy as an intervention for addressing disturbing behaviors in people with dementia/Alzheimer's disease. The directory is available at www.atra-tr.org/ dementiapracticedirectory.htm. CIRCLE 102 ON READER SERVICE CARD |
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