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ArticleBMC geriatrics2017

Predictors of activity involvement in dementia care homes: a cross-sectional study.

Dieneke Smit, Jacomine de Lange, Bernadette Willemse, Anne Margriet Pot

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dieneke SmitDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. smitdieneke@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9742-3154
Jacomine de LangeResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rochussenstraat 198, 3015 EK, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Bernadette WillemseDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Anne Margriet PotDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Trimbos Institute · NLRotterdam University of Applied Sciences · NLThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite the finding that involvement in activities is one of the most important needs of residents with dementia living in care homes, care facilities struggle to fulfill this need. Over the years, various factors are suggested which may contribute to or disable activity provision in dementia care homes. These include limited financial resources, task oriented staff and disease-related characteristics of residents. This study aims to further clarify which of these factors predict higher activity involvement.

methodsData were derived from the second measurement (2011) of the Living Arrangements for people with Dementia study. One thousand two hundred eighteen people residing in 139 dementia care homes were involved. Forty predictors of higher involvement were studied. Multilevel backward regression analyses were performed.

resultsThe most important predictors of higher involvement were: absence of agitation, less ADL dependency, and a higher cognitive status of the residents, higher staff educational level, lower experienced job demands by care staff and a smaller number of residents living in the dementia care wards of a facility. More social supervisor support as perceived by staff was found to predict less activity involvement.

conclusionsTo increase the activity involvement of care home residents with dementia it seems vital to: 1) reduce staff's experienced job demands; 2) elevate their overall educational level; 3) train staff to provide suitable activities, taking account of the behavior and preserved capabilities of residents; and 4) foster transition towards small-scale care. In order to achieve these aims, care organizations might need to evaluate the use of their financial means.

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DementiaHomes for the AgedMental CompetencyRefusal to ParticipateSkilled Nursing FacilitiesAgedAged, 80 and overAttitude of Health PersonnelCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleNetherlandsPatient ParticipationSocial ParticipationSocial SkillsActivity involvementCross-sectional studyDementia care homesPredictors

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