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Activities, Adaptation & Aging
Dignified and Purposeful Living for Older Adults
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Original Articles

Procedural and Emotional Religious Activity Therapy

Connecting Cognition and Affective Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease

Pages 27-45 | Received 01 Mar 2004, Accepted 01 Aug 2004, Published online: 30 Sep 2008

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