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- Title
Changes in Habits Related to Self-care in Dementia: The Nursing Home Versus Adult Day Care.
- Authors
Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Jensen, Barbara
- Abstract
Little is known about the changes that occur for older persons with dementia in the practice of self-care routines. This study assesses the concordance of past and current self-care practices of day care and nursing home persons using spouse reports, the degree of spouse awareness of these changes, and spouse perception of how important self-care practices had been to their partner. Participants were spouses of 12 older persons with dementia in day care and spouses of 20 nursing home residents. Self-care routines were assessed using the Self-maintenance Habits and Preferences in Elderly (SHAPE) questionnaire. Day care attendees showed few changes in self-care routines compared to nursing home residents. Spouses of nursing home residents underestimate the changes in self-care that occur with nursing home admission. The importance of being aware of self-care changes lies in the value of maintaining continuity with the customary preferences and routines of the older person.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA patients; HEALTH self-care; ADULT day care centers; NURSING care facilities; NURSING home patients
- Publication
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 3, p184
- ISSN
1533-3175
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1533317507301589