2016
DOI: 10.1177/1471301216648670
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Use of the physical environment to support everyday activities for people with dementia: A systematic review

Abstract: Difficulty with everyday activities is a key symptom and defining feature of dementia, relating to subjective reports of well-being and overall quality of life. One way to support individuals in their daily activities is by modifying the physical environment to make it easier to interact with during activity performance. This systematic review explores the range of studies available using physical environmental strategies to support performance in everyday activities for people with dementia. Seventy-two relev… Show more

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“…Environmental and activity models Functional decline is influenced by the social and caregiving environment, which can induce or maintain "excess disability": for example, inactivity, boredom, and social withdrawal can compromise functioning [9]. Modifying the home environment can help maintain an individual's 'maximum performance potential' [29,30]. Modifying the wider environment can promote Dementia-friendly communities [4].…”
Section: Values and Approachesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Environmental and activity models Functional decline is influenced by the social and caregiving environment, which can induce or maintain "excess disability": for example, inactivity, boredom, and social withdrawal can compromise functioning [9]. Modifying the home environment can help maintain an individual's 'maximum performance potential' [29,30]. Modifying the wider environment can promote Dementia-friendly communities [4].…”
Section: Values and Approachesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A recently explored aspect of DFCs is the concept of social citizenship (a sense of belonging in a place) as a human rights issue for people with dementia (Bartlett, ; Charras, Eynard, & Viatour, ; Clarke & Bailey, ). Finally, supportive and responsive environments in long‐term care settings, but not yet in community settings have been shown to positively affect the health, everyday activities, quality of life, and well‐being of people with dementia (Chaudhury, Cooke, Cowie, & Razaghi, ; Landmark, Kirkehei, Gundro Brurberg, & Merete Reinar, ; Woodbridge et al, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, supportive and responsive environments in long-term care settings, but not yet in community settings have been shown to positively affect the health, everyday activities, quality of life, and well-being of people with dementia (Chaudhury, Cooke, Cowie, & Razaghi, 2018;Landmark, Kirkehei, Gundro Brurberg, & Merete Reinar, 2009;Woodbridge et al, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The physical environment which includes; rooms, staff rooms, lighting, supporting media, recreational facilities and food, can increase or decrease effectiveness (Sadeck & Cronjé, 2017). Besides, the environment also includes an introduction, customers, competition participants, regulations, culture, politics, engineering, and economics (Woodbridge et al, 2018). Conditions such as culture, politics and economics can psychologically affect the enthusiasm and quality of Non-formal Educators.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%