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Positive affect among nursing home residents with Alzheimer's dementia
— the effect of recreational activity | | Author(s) | A S Schreiner, E Yamamoto, H Shiotani |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 9, no 2, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 129-134 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Personality ; Emotions ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Recreation ; Group activities ; Observation ; Japan. |
| Annotation | The experience of positive emotions is an integral component of quality of life (QoL). Research suggests that cognitive deficits in people with dementia may impede their ability to generate pleasurable moments and hence decrease their positive affect. Structured recreational activities may have the potential to significantly improve resident affect. However, differences in affect between ordinary time and recreation time are not well known. This study used previously published structured-observation instruments to measure affect and behaviour of 35 dementia residents in two nursing homes in Japan during ordinary time and during recreation time. A total of 3,854 one-minute observations were coded. Dementia residents expressed happiness over seven times more often during recreation time than during ordinary time. More than 60% of ordinary time was solitary, with 65.72% of all observed affect being "Null Affect". 43.75% of residents expressed happiness only during recreation time. In addition, 48.9% of all behaviour during "ordinary time" was coded as "Null Behaviour", which indicated that the residents were sitting and doing nothing. Virtually all residents benefited from recreation, indicating that recreation time is significantly higher in positive affect than ordinary time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050426210 A |
| Classmark | EA: DK: DL: KX: LHB: H: HW: 4AA: 7DT |
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