ArticleDementia (London, England)2023
Understanding Capacity and Optimizing Meaningful Engagement among Persons Living with Dementia.
Article in Dementia (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Examining Engagement Calendar Deviations in Assisted Living: A Focus on Residents With Dementia.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Differing Realities Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia: Understanding Care Partner Responses.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- 2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Bioethics in Gerontology: Developing a Typology of Ethical Issues in Assisted Living.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- "Just Join Them": Improv and Dementia Care.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
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Abstract
Meaningful engagement is a key dimension of quality of life among persons living with dementia, yet little is known about how to best to promote it. Guided by grounded theory methods, we present analysis of data collected over a 1-year period in four diverse assisted living (AL) communities as part of the study, "Meaningful Engagement and Quality of Life among Assisted Living Residents with Dementia." Our aims are to: (a) learn how meaningful engagement is negotiated among AL residents with dementia and their care partners; and (b) identify how to create these positive encounters. Researchers followed 33 residents and 100 care partners (formal and informal) and used participant observation, resident record review, and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis identified "engagement capacity" as central to the negotiation of meaningful engagement. We conclude that understanding and optimizing the engagement capacities of residents, care partners, care convoys, and settings, are essential to creating and enhancing meaningful engagement among persons living with dementia.
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