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Replication and extension of a check‐in procedure to increase activity engagement among people with severe dementia
Author(s) -
Engstrom Elin,
Mudford Oliver C.,
Brand Denys
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.195
Subject(s) - replication (statistics) , dementia , psychology , multiple baseline design , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , baseline (sea) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , disease , pathology , virology , oceanography , geology
Engelman, Altus, and Mathews (1999) evaluated a procedure to ensure that staff checked in with elderly residents in a nursing home and offered activity choices. We report findings of a replication, with some additional components, to increase appropriate activity engagement among 5 residents (aged 77 to 83 years) with severe dementia. Evaluated in a concurrent multiple baseline design across participants that incorporated partial withdrawal phases, activity engagement increased for 3 participants, with modest improvement for 1 other participant. The 4 responders all engaged in a wider variety of activities during intervention.