Observational studyScandinavian journal of caring sciences2022
Engagement in purposeful activities and social interactions amongst persons with dementia in special care units compared to traditional nursing homes: An observational study.
Observational study in Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07440628 (The Count Me In Program in Support of Social Participation for Seniors Residing in Long-term Care Facilities and Seniors With Loss of Autonomy in Day Centres), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Count Me In Program in Support of Social Participation for Seniors Residing in Long-term Care Facilities and Seniors With Loss of Autonomy in Day Centres
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of specialty dementia care units in long-term care settings.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Personally tailored activities for improving psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia in long-term care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Older Persons' Participation in Life-Enhancement Activities in a Long-Term Care Facility: A Mixed-Methods Observational Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Observational
- The Influence of Physical, Social, and Organizational Environments on Recreational Activities in Long-Term Care for Residents With Dementia: A Scoping Review.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Effects of a Digital, Person-Centered, Photo-Activity Intervention on the Social Interaction of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia, Their Informal Carers and Formal Carers: An Explorative Randomized Controlled Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Everyday life and boredom of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: a merged methods study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Social interaction of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: an ecological momentary assessment study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Exploring the Experiences of Times Without Care and Encounters in Persons With Dementia in the Swiss and German Nursing Home and Domiciliary Care Settings: Protocol for an Ethnographic Multimethods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Engagement in purposeful activities and social interactions amongst persons with dementia in special care units compared to traditional nursing homes: An observational study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2022Observational
- Application Effect Analysis of Clinical Nursing Pathway in the Care of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPersons with dementia spend most time of their day not engaging in activities or social interactions. A care concept of a dementia special care unit that promotes activities and social interaction through a household-like design and individualised stimuli is studied.
aimTo evaluate the main outcomes of the care concept of a dementia special care unit, namely, engagement in activities and social interactions.
methodsWe conducted an observational study as part of a theory-driven evaluation. The Maastricht Daily Life Observation Tool was used to collect momentary assessments multiple times per participant, including engagement in activity, type of activity, engagement in social interaction, interaction partners, location, agitation and mood. Thirty-three residents of the dementia special care units that implemented the care concept and 54 residents with dementia of two traditional nursing homes participated in the study, resulting in 2989 momentary assessments.
resultsResidents of both settings did not engage in activities or social interaction in approximately half of the observations. Compared to residents of traditional nursing homes, residents of special care units had a significantly higher chance for engagement in activities and social interaction in the afternoon but not in the morning or evening.
conclusionThe care concept of the special care unit facilitated engagement but had its limitations. Further research is needed to develop and evaluate appropriate interventions to enhance engagement of persons with dementia.
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