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| The effects of an enhanced environment on nursing home residents who pace | | Author(s) | Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Perla Werner |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 2, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 199-208 |
| Keywords | Wandering ; Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Physical environment ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Several studies have discussed the role of the physical environment in the care and well-being of nursing home residents. However, few empirical studies have been conducted into the effect of the environment on wandering, a common behaviour in residents with dementia. This study aimed to enhance the well-being of a groups of nursing home residents who wandered and paced, by improving their physical environment. Visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli were added to the nursing home unit to stimulate two types of environments: a home environment and a nature environment. Results showed that residents seemed to prefer spending time in the enhanced environments, and there was less trespassing. exit-seeking, and other agitated behaviours. Staff members and family members preferred the enhanced environment to the regular one. The study concluded that, despite the limited effects on residents, this approach offers a low-cost method for improving the nursing home environment. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980716406 A |
| Classmark | EPC: EA: LHB:LF: R: 7T |
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