Leisure Activities in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Over the last few years a connection between not
being able to participate in leisure activities and
cognitive decline and the risk of dementia has been
found. Quality of life is affected if the most
important leisure activities are lost. This book
describes how participation in leisure activites are
affected by a cronic disease. It identifies the risk
group for losing leisure activities and the
activities most often lost. The analysis should help
shed some light on how to help persond with a newly
diagnosed cronic disease to keep their leisure
activites.

Autorentext
Ingegerd Wikström Reg.Occupational Therapist, PhD. Studied occupational therapi at Tufts University Boston Mass USA. Doctor in medicin at Lund University Sweden. Currently Occupational Therapist at the University Hospital Malmö, Sweden.

Klappentext
Over the last few years a connection between not being able to participate in leisure activities and cognitive decline and the risk of dementia has been found. Quality of life is affected if the most important leisure activities are lost. This book describes how participation in leisure activites are affected by a cronic disease. It identifies the risk group for losing leisure activities and the activities most often lost. The analysis should help shed some light on how to help persond with a newly diagnosed cronic disease to keep their leisure activites.