Managing dementia at home: The role of home environmentalmodifications
L.N. Gitlin
Bok Engelsk 1996
| Utgitt | 1996
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| Omfang | Side 28- 39
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| Opplysninger | Environmental modification represents a new treatment approach toenable caregivers to manage daily care and maintain individuals withdementia at home. To advance this approach, a model of disablement isused to describe dementia-related behaviors and identify thepotential role and impact of environmental strategies. It issuggested that behaviors at the disability level of the model,wandering and resistance to self-cart, can be managed with four typesof environmental strategies. These include strategies that modifyphysical objects, simplify task performance. Introduce assistivedevices, or involve home alterations. Implications for caregiver well-being and directions for future research are discussed.
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