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Published on in Vol 23, No 9 (2021): September

This is a member publication of University of South Australia, JUS, Adelaide, Australia

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29210, first published .
The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy Using Virtual Reality on Apathy in Residential Aged Care: Multisite Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy Using Virtual Reality on Apathy in Residential Aged Care: Multisite Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy Using Virtual Reality on Apathy in Residential Aged Care: Multisite Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Dimitrios Saredakis1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hannah AD Keage1 Author Orcid Image ;   Megan Corlis2 Author Orcid Image ;   Erica S Ghezzi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Helen Loffler3 Author Orcid Image ;   Tobias Loetscher1 Author Orcid Image
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