Person-centredness and its association with resident well-being in dementia care unitsShow others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, ISSN 0309-2402, E-ISSN 1365-2648, Vol. 69, no 10, p. 2196-2206Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Aim: To report a study of the relationship between person-centred care and ability to perform activities of daily living, quality of life, levels of pain, depressive symptoms, and agitated behaviours among residents with dementia in residential care facilities. Background: Standardized measurements of person-centred care have not previously been used to investigate the relationship between person-centred care and well-being for residents with dementia in residential aged care units. Design: This study had a cross-sectional design. Method: Staff and resident surveys were used in a sample of 1261 residents with dementia and 1169 staff from 151 residential care units throughout Sweden. Valid and reliable scales were used to measure person-centredness and ability to perform activities of daily living, quality of life, levels of pain, depressive symptoms, and agitated behaviours in residents. All data were collected in May 2010. Findings: Person-centred care was correlated with residents' ability to perform activities of daily living. Furthermore, residents in units with higher levels of person-centred care were rated as having higher quality of life and better ability to perform activities of daily living compared with residents in units with lower levels of person-centred care. Conclusions: There seems to be a relationship between person-centredness, residents' ability to perform activities of daily living, and residents' quality of life. Further studies are needed to explain the variation of person-centredness between units and the extent and ways this might impact on the quality of life and well-being of frail older residents with cognitive impairments in clinical practice. © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. Vol. 69, no 10, p. 2196-2206
Keywords [en]
Activities of daily living, Agitated behaviours, Dementia care, Depressive symptoms, Nursing, Pain, Person-centred care, Quality of life
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-2939DOI: 10.1111/jan.12085ISI: 000324336500006PubMedID: 23331281Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84879559295Local ID: 0acf5c99-a748-4260-9fa1-1af0a3aa4b59OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-2939DiVA, id: diva2:975793
Note
Upprättat; 2013; 20150205 (andbra)
2016-09-292016-09-292023-05-08Bibliographically approved