The realization of meaningful activities for nursing home residents: insights from focus groups with staff membersIntroduction Meaningful activities of daily living (MADL) are essential to promote the identity and quality of life of nursing home residents (NHR). MADL offer structure in time, ...
The findings can inform staff and managers to promote increased engagement in everyday activities for nursing home residents to support their wellbeing. "The study demonstrates that activities are an important approach to increasing thriving, and thateveryday activitiescan be conceptualised and implemente...
Activity is recommended for persons with dementia based on the assumption that human abilities and functions must be exercised in order to be retained. The aim of the study is to describe and evaluate gardening activities for persons with dementia. Eight nursing home residents with a diagnosis of...
INTRODUCTION: Nursing home residents with dementia need cognitively stimulating and enjoyable activities, and computer technology offers them a means of engaging in such activities. This study therefore examined the feasibility of providing a 12-week computer activity program (CAP) for nursing homes resid...
Design of living environments for nursing-home residents: increasing participation in recreation activities. J Appl Behav Anal. 1975;8(3):261-8.McClannahan, L.E., and Risley, T.R. Design of living environments for nursing home residents: Increas- ing participation in recreation facilities. ...
Nursing-home residents have frequently been characterized as unoccupied and disengaged. At the outset of the present study, most residents were to be found in their own rooms, not exhibiting gross motor behavior or social interaction, and not participating in appropriate activities. To modify resident...
Family oversight and the quality of nursing home care for residents with advanced dementia. Background: The quality of nursing home (NH) care for residents with advanced dementia has been described as suboptimal. One relatively understudied factor... DC Grabowski,SL Mitchell - 《Medical Care》 被...
Engaging activities enrich our residents' lives. View the activities calendar to see the fun events that residents enjoy at Saunders Medical Center!
M. EQ-5D-3L for assessing quality of life in older nursing home residents with cognitive impairment. Life 10, 100 (2020). Article PubMed Central Google Scholar Simon, C., Everitt, H. & Dorp, F. V. Oxford Handbook of General Practice 3rd edn. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010)...
In Florida, nearly 6% of residents in nursing homes receive nutrition via some sort of feeding tube (Harrington & Carrillo, 2018). The overreaching question is whether tube feeding is good for the patient or even necessary, especially those with end-stage dementia. In the latest stage of Alzhe...