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Intrinsic interest of objects for elderly people in long‐stay mental handicap hospitals
Author(s) -
Chamove Arnold,
McInnes Kimberley
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1989.tb00551.x
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , mental handicap , elderly people , older people , mental hospital , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , gerontology , computer science , artificial intelligence
When 97 elderly people with mental handicaps were observed on three long‐stay hospital wards, it was found that objects on the wards were used more if they were personal possessions, especially by the women. Manipulability of objects for women and sociability of objects for men also increased object interest. Most (60 per cent) of the 522 objects on the wards were never seen to be used.