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Effects of non-facilitated meaningful activities for people with dementia in long-term care facilities: A systematic review.
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- Development and psychometric evaluation of a learning needs assessment tool for healthcare professionals in palliative dementia care: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
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- Everyday life and boredom of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: a merged methods study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Assisted Living Residents With Dementia: Being Out in the World and Negotiating Connections.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Technological Applications Contributing to Relieve Care Burden or to Sleep of Caregivers and People With Dementia: A Scoping Review From the Perspective of Social Isolation.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Social Robot in Rehabilitation and Assistance: What Is the Future?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Homestead: Developing a Conceptual Framework through Co-Creation for Innovating Long-Term Dementia Care Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The influence of the down- and upscaling of activities in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 visitor ban on caregivers' exhaustion and ability to provide care and support: A questionnaire study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This systematic review sought to evaluate the effectiveness of non-facilitated meaningful activities for older people with dementia in long-term care facilities. Searches were conducted in PubMed; CINAHL; EMBASE; Web of science; PsycINFO; Cochrane; ProQuest; and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify articles published between January 2004 and October 2019. A total of six studies were included. Results implied that current randomised controlled trials or controlled trials about non-facilitated meaningful activities for people with living dementia in long-term care facilitates are limited, but those included in this review were of adequate methodological quality. Meaningful non-facilitated activities, such as music, stimulated family presence, animal-like social robot PARO/plush toy and lifelike dolls, may have beneficial effects on agitation, emotional well-being, feelings of pleasure, engagement, and sleep quality. However, there remains a lack of conclusive and robust evidence to support these psychological and physiological effects of non-facilitated meaningful activities for older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities by care staff.
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