Role of Namaste Care: A Person-Centered Approach to Enhance the Quality of Life of the Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Educational Sciences, Abadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadeh, Iran.
³ Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
⁴ Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
⁵ Department of Community Health Nursing, Vali Asr Nursery, Shiraz, Iran.
⁶ Department of Nursing Internal Surgery, School of Nursing, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.

Rafat Rezapour-Nasrabad et al. Galen Med J. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 18:12:e3205.

doi: 10.31661/gmj.v12i.3205. eCollection 2023.

¹ Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Educational Sciences, Abadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadeh, Iran.
³ Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
⁴ Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
⁵ Department of Community Health Nursing, Vali Asr Nursery, Shiraz, Iran.
⁶ Department of Nursing Internal Surgery, School of Nursing, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.

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Keywords: Alzheimer’s Disease; Elderly; Namaste Care; Quality of Life.

Conflict of interest statement

All the authors declare there are no competing interests.

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