Optimizing Function and Physical Activity Among Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Testing the Impact of Function-Focused Care
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Galik,
Barbara Resnick,
Margaret Hammersla,
J. Brightwater
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt108
Subject(s) - actigraphy , medicine , mood , dementia , nursing , randomized controlled trial , cognition , intervention (counseling) , activities of daily living , long term care , nursing care , physical therapy , nursing assistant , nursing homes , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , insomnia , surgery , disease , pathology
The purpose of this study was to test the impact of Function-Focused Care for the Cognitively Impaired Intervention on nursing home residents with dementia and the nursing assistants who care for them.
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