Dementia Special Care Units

Msw, Debra Parker-Oliver; Aud, RN Myra; Bostick, Rn Jane; Schwarz, Benyamin; Tofle, Ruth Brent

doi:10.1300/j081v19n01_08

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“…Although practice has indicated special aspects for these units, policy is lagging behind (Parker-Oliver, Aud, Bostick, Schwarz, & Tofle, 2005). This is because the nursing home/SCU environment was created in the shadow Downloaded by [University of Colorado -Health Science Library] at 20:28 09 April 2015 of the hospital (Kane, 2005), and facility systems are often designed to provide care to the most residents by the fewest staff in the least amount of time.…”

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Six for Lunch: A Dining Option for Residents with Dementia in a Special Care Unit

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2011

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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Recent research has focused on the design of special care units for residents with dementia, often identifying the social benefits of residentially scaled kitchen and dining areas. This qualitative case study examines how the environmental design features of two dining settings in one special care unit impact residents' patterns of socialization and interaction at meal times. The first setting is a central dining room for 50 to 60 residents. The second setting is a small office with a residentially scaled kitchen, where once a week, the activity director invites six residents for lunch once a week. Within an ecological theoretical framework, the study findings reveal that, while mealtimes in both settings are highly anticipated, it is the complex relational ties between the operational, managerial, and environmental features of the settings which determine residents' social interaction and satisfaction with their mealtime experiences.KEYWORDS special care unit, dementia, dining room environments, place attachment INTRODUCTIONThe design of the physical environment in long-term care and special care units (SCUs) has been shown to have substantial effects on residents' patterns of social behavior, and it is widely recognized that social and physical environments can profoundly influence quality of life of older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (Brawley,

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Six for Lunch: A Dining Option for Residents with Dementia in a Special Care Unit

Roberts

2011

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems

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Mok

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There are no identified RCTs investigating the effects of SCUs on behavioural symptoms in dementia, and no strong evidence of benefit from the available non-RCTs. It is probably more important to implement best practice than to provide a specialized care environment. The routine collection of data on behaviour, restraint and psychotropic drug use across multiple nursing home settings offers the best modality for formal evaluation of the benefit or otherwise of SCUs.

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Dementia Special Care Units

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Six for Lunch: A Dining Option for Residents with Dementia in a Special Care Unit

Six for Lunch: A Dining Option for Residents with Dementia in a Special Care Unit

Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems

Special care units for dementia individuals with behavioural problems

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