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Six for lunch
— a dining option for residents with dementia in a special care unit | | Author(s) | Emily Roberts |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 25, no 4, October-December 2011 |
| Pages | pp 352-379 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Nursing homes ; Meals services ; Dining rooms ; Architectural design ; Residents [care homes] ; Social interaction ; Well being. |
| Annotation | Recent research has focused on the design of special care units for residents with dementia, often identifying the social benefits of residentially scaled kitchen and dining areas. This qualitative case study examines how the environmental design features of two dining settings in one special care unit impacted residents' patterns of socialisation and interaction at meal times. The first setting was a central dining room for 50 to 60 residents. The second setting was a small office with a residentially scaled kitchen where the activity director invited six residents for lunch once a week. Within an ecological theoretical framework the study findings reveal that while mealtimes in both settings were highly anticipated, it was the complex relational ties between the operational, managerial and environmental features of the settings which determined residents? social interaction and satisfaction with their mealtime experiences. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026049 A |
| Classmark | EA: LHB: NR: YDA: YB3: KX: TMA: D:F:5HH |
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