Environmental quality for patients with dementia

Relationship Between Neuropsychological and Physical Environmental Perception in Patients With Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Objectives The current study examines the features of the physical environment affecting environmental perception and tries to explain paradigm of architecture based on the neuropsychological features. This paper investigates the relationship between the two aspects of the physical and neuropsychological environment in the patients with dementia Alzheimer’s type in order to meet the needs of th...

Substituted judgement on quality of life in patients with dementia

Enhancing the quality of life for advanced dementia patients.

T he Seniors Partaking of Oral Nourishment (SPOON) Program describes a new standard of compassionate, end-of-life care designed to enhance the quality of life of advanced dementia residents in nursing homes. SPOON also increases family awareness about the terminal nature of dementia, empowers family decision-making and improves satisfaction with care. One of the primary reasons cited for the la...

Long-term care for people with dementia: environmental design guidelines.

BACKGROUND A large and growing number of people with dementia are being cared for in long-term care. The empirical literature on the design of environments for people with dementia contains findings that can be helpful in the design of these environments. A schema developed by Marshall in 2001 provides a means of reviewing the literature against a set of recommendations. The aims of this paper ...

Functional Analytic Multisensory Environmental Therapy for People with Dementia

This paper introduces Functional Analytic Multisensory Environmental Therapy (FAMSET) for use with elders with dementia while using a multisensory environment/snoezelen room. The model introduces behavioral theory and practice to the multisensory environment treatment, addressing assessment, and, within session techniques, integrating behavioral interventions with emotion-oriented care. A modul...