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[P2–593]: PREVALENCE AND FACTORS INFLEUENCING DRIVING CESSATION IN EARLY‐ONSET ALZHEIMER's DISEASE
Author(s) -
Velayudhan Latha,
Baillon Sarah,
Tromans Samuel,
McCulloch Laura,
Lindesay James,
Storey Mathew,
Kotecha Jay,
Lau Liilian,
Khodabux Nizam,
Sagnik Bhattacharyya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1252
Subject(s) - memory clinic , dementia , cognition , psychiatry , cohort , medicine , psychology , disease , cognitive impairment , gerontology
Background:For older adults with mild to moderate stage dementia to participate in activities outside their homes, they need the outside space to hold some characteristics, such as familiarity. Familiarity is understood as being experienced by an individual, and embedded in the use of the environment through a repeated activity. Although familiarity is acknowledged as being important for accessing the outside world for people with dementia, little is known about how it is created, perceived and maintained, and how it influences with out-of-home participation. Methods: This qualitative study aims at describing how people with dementia perceive familiarity in out-of-home participation. Semi-structured interviews are used with 10-15 participants over 65 years with mild to moderate stage dementia in French speaking Switzerland twice over the course of one year to capture seasonal changes in participation. All interviews are transcribed and analysed using grounded theory. Results: The study is still on going but so far the preliminary analysis shows how participants’ perceived familiarity is linked to the outside environment, including recognizing landmarks. These are very subjective and vary much between individuals. Familiarity also seems to concern performances of usual, known and habitual activities, not necessarily related to routines. Activities included in known roles like being a grandparent seem to facilitate familiarity. In addition, participants describe familiarity with feelings of calmness, wellbeing and security. Conclusions:Out-of-home familiarity in how it influences participation seems to be a complex concept encompassing recognized physical environmental aspects, accompanying persons, activity performance attributes and feelings of wellbeing. As the analysis is not finished at the time of submission, only preliminary findings can be shown here with caution.