TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in habits related to self-care in dementia
T2 - The nursing home versus adult day care
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Jensen, Barbara
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Little is known about the changes that occur for older persons with dementia in the practice of self-care routines. This study assesses the concordance of past and current self-care practices of day care and nursing home persons using spouse reports, the degree of spouse awareness of these changes, and spouse perception of how important self-care practices had been to their partner. Participants were spouses of 12 older persons with dementia in day care and spouses of 20 nursing home residents. Self-care routines were assessed using the Self-maintenance Habits and Preferences in Elderly (SHAPE) questionnaire. Day care attendees showed few changes in self-care routines compared to nursing home residents. Spouses of nursing home residents underestimate the changes in self-care that occur with nursing home admission. The importance of being aware of self-care changes lies in the value of maintaining continuity with the customary preferences and routines of the older person.
AB - Little is known about the changes that occur for older persons with dementia in the practice of self-care routines. This study assesses the concordance of past and current self-care practices of day care and nursing home persons using spouse reports, the degree of spouse awareness of these changes, and spouse perception of how important self-care practices had been to their partner. Participants were spouses of 12 older persons with dementia in day care and spouses of 20 nursing home residents. Self-care routines were assessed using the Self-maintenance Habits and Preferences in Elderly (SHAPE) questionnaire. Day care attendees showed few changes in self-care routines compared to nursing home residents. Spouses of nursing home residents underestimate the changes in self-care that occur with nursing home admission. The importance of being aware of self-care changes lies in the value of maintaining continuity with the customary preferences and routines of the older person.
KW - Adult day care
KW - Dementia
KW - Nursing home
KW - Proxy reports
KW - Self-care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34347377376&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1533317507301589
DO - 10.1177/1533317507301589
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AN - SCOPUS:34347377376
SN - 1533-3175
VL - 22
SP - 184
EP - 189
JO - American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias
JF - American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias
IS - 3
ER -