ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2010
Can persons with dementia be engaged with stimuli?
Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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- Quality of life of nursing home residents with dementia: validation of the German version of the ICECAP-O.PloS one · 2014Article
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- The comprehensive process model of engagement.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2011Article
- Can agitated behavior of nursing home residents with dementia be prevented with the use of standardized stimuli?Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2010Article
- The underlying meaning of stimuli: Impact on engagement of persons with dementia.Psychiatry research · 2010Article
- Engaging nursing home residents with dementia in activities: the effects of modeling, presentation order, time of day, and setting characteristics.Aging & mental health · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine which stimuli are 1) most engaging 2) most often refused by nursing home residents with dementia, and 3) most appropriate for persons who are more difficult to engage with stimuli.
methodsParticipants were 193 residents of seven Maryland nursing homes. All participants had a diagnosis of dementia. Stimulus engagement was assessed by the Observational Measure of Engagement.
resultsThe most engaging stimuli were one-on-one socializing with a research assistant, a real baby, personalized stimuli based on the person's self-identity, a lifelike doll, a respite video, and envelopes to stamp. Refusal of stimuli was higher among those with higher levels of cognitive function and related to the stimulus' social appropriateness. Women showed more attention and had more positive attitudes for live social stimuli, simulated social stimuli, and artistic tasks than did men. Persons with comparatively higher levels of cognitive functioning were more likely to be engaged in manipulative and work tasks, whereas those with low levels of cognitive functioning spent relatively more time responding to social stimuli. The most effective stimuli did not differ for those most likely to be engaged and those least likely to be engaged.
conclusionNursing homes should consider both having engagement stimuli readily available to residents with dementia, and implementing a socialization schedule so that residents receive one-on-one interaction. Understanding the relationship among type of stimulus, cognitive function, and acceptance, attention, and attitude toward the stimuli can enable caregivers to maximize the desired benefit for persons with dementia.
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