Abstract
What is the effectiveness of meaningful occupation interventions for people living with dementia in residential aged care facilities (RACFs)?
More specifically, the objectives are to identify:
The effectiveness of interventions based on engaging residents of RACFs who have dementia in meaningful occupation (activities that have meaning for the individual) on: quality of life, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) (such as agitation, aggression, depression, wandering, apathy, etc.), mood, function, cognition, and sleep.
More specifically, the objectives are to identify:
The effectiveness of interventions based on engaging residents of RACFs who have dementia in meaningful occupation (activities that have meaning for the individual) on: quality of life, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) (such as agitation, aggression, depression, wandering, apathy, etc.), mood, function, cognition, and sleep.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 87-99 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- dementia
- interventions
- residential aged care facilities
- residential care
- tailored
- long-term care
- exercise
- nursing home
- life-story
- Alzheimer
- personalized
- meaningful
- individualized
- reminiscence
- residential aged care
- Dementia