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Activities outside of the care setting for people with dementia: a systematic review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characteristics of missing incidents and risk factors for harm for older people with and without dementia in the UK.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- Ambivalence in decision making for outdoor mobility among adult child carers of people with dementia: a study protocol for a randomized vignette study with message framing and eye-tracking.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Outdoor physical activity, residential green spaces and the risk of dementia in the UK Biobank cohort.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- A pilot study of an intergenerational program for people in residential aged care with cognitive impairment and children from a co-located early learning centre during COVID-19.Dementia (London, England) · 2024Article
- Online gallery facilitated art activities for people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A narrative review.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Review
- Association between Participation Activities, Pain Severity, and Psychological Distress in Old Age: A Population-Based Study of Swedish Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Non-Medical Activities in Dementia Care in Germany: Use and Experienced Effects.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo summarise the evidence from interventions investigating the effects of out of care setting activities on people with dementia living in residential aged care.
designA systematic review.
methodsA systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library) was performed to identify intervention trials published from journal inception to January 2020. Controlled trials, or quasi-experimental trials, which measured pre-intervention, post-intervention or during-intervention outcomes, where the participants were required to leave the care setting to participate in an intervention, were eligible for inclusion. Quality appraisal of the studies was performed following the Cochrane Collaboration's Risk of Bias or Newcastle-Ottawa Scale tools.
resultsOf the 4155 articles screened, 11 articles met the inclusion criteria from 9 different studies. The number of participants in the studies ranged from 6 to 70 people living with dementia and lasted for 3 weeks up to 5 months. The interventions were aquatic exercise, wheelchair cycling, art gallery discussion groups, an intergenerational mentorship programme, horse riding, walking and outdoor gardening. Overall, the studies indicated preliminary evidence of psychological (n=7), physical (n=4) and physiological (n=1) benefits, and all interventions were feasible to conduct away from the aged care facilities. However, the low number of participants in the included studies (n=177), the absence of a control group in all but three studies, and potential for selection bias, limits the generalisability of the findings.
conclusionsActivities outside of the residential aged care setting have the potential to be effective at providing a range of benefits for people living with dementia. Higher quality studies are required to encourage care providers to implement these type of activities in dementia care settings. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020166518.
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