TY - JOUR
T1 - Prescribing activities that engage passive residents
T2 - An innovative method
AU - Kolanowski, Ann
AU - Buettner, Linda
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Individuals with dementia are often passive, which places them at risk for further cognitive and functional decline. Recreational activities have been used in research to reduce passive behaviors, but systematic reviews of these studies have found modest effect sizes for many activities. In this article, we describe the further theoretical development of an innovative method for prescribing activities that have a high likelihood of engaging nursing home residents who are passive and present examples for research application and clinical practice. This method may increase the effect size of activity interventions and encourage more widespread adoption of nonpharmacological interventions in practice.
AB - Individuals with dementia are often passive, which places them at risk for further cognitive and functional decline. Recreational activities have been used in research to reduce passive behaviors, but systematic reviews of these studies have found modest effect sizes for many activities. In this article, we describe the further theoretical development of an innovative method for prescribing activities that have a high likelihood of engaging nursing home residents who are passive and present examples for research application and clinical practice. This method may increase the effect size of activity interventions and encourage more widespread adoption of nonpharmacological interventions in practice.
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U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20080101-08
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20080101-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 18274300
AN - SCOPUS:40749094091
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 34
SP - 13
EP - 18
JO - Journal of gerontological nursing
JF - Journal of gerontological nursing
IS - 1
ER -