Person-Centered Communication for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Four Communication Analysis Methods

Measuring the person-centeredness of caregivers working with nursing home residents with dementia.

There is increasing interest in promoting person-centered caregiving within gerontology. However, few observational instruments have been developed to measure person-centered caregiving behaviors. In the present study, two innovative coding instruments-the Person-Centered Behavior Inventory (PCBI) and the Global Behavior Scale (GBS)-were used to test the hypothesis that caregivers' person-cente...

Estimating prognosis for nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

CONTEXT Survival varies for patients with advanced dementia, and accurate prognostic tools have not been developed. A small proportion of patients admitted to hospice have dementia, in part because of the difficulty in predicting survival. OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with 6-month mortality in newly admitted nursing home residents with advanced dementia and to create a practical ...

Therapeutic robocat for nursing home residents with dementia: preliminary inquiry.

Traditional pet therapy enhances individual well-being. However, there are situations where a substitute artificial companion (i.e., robotic pet) may serve as a better alternative because of insufficient available resources to care for a real pet, allergic responses to pets, or other difficulties. This pilot study, which compared the benefits of a robotic cat and a plush toy cat as intervention...

Estimating Prognosis for Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

MANY FAMILIES AND HEALTH care professionals in the United States believe that palliation is the most appropriate goal for patients with endstage dementia. However, many nursing home residents dying with advanced dementia in the United States do not receive optimal palliative care. Accurately estimating the life expectancy of persons with advanced dementia is difficult and hinders palliative car...

VIPS Communication Skills Training for Paraprofessional Dementia Caregivers: An Intervention to Increase Person-Centered Dementia Care