1. Improving the social health of community-dwelling older people living with dementia through a reablement program.
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Jeon YH, Clemson L, Naismith SL, Mowszowski L, McDonagh N, Mackenzie M, Dawes C, Krein L, and Szanton SL
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- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, 80 and over, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, Patient Participation, Dementia therapy, Family psychology, Home Care Services organization & administration, Independent Living psychology, Patient-Centered Care organization & administration
- Abstract
ABSTRACTPsychological, neurological, and social impairments caused by dementia may limit the person's everyday living and experiences, but their capacity to enjoy a meaningful life is still retained. Increasingly, evidence has been shown the importance of reablement approaches to care in maximizing the older person's independence, health, and well-being through increased engagement in their daily, physical, social, and community activities. However, there is a major knowledge gap in providing reablement for people living with dementia. We describe one case of a client with moderate dementia and her daughter carer who participated as a dyad in a person centered, interdisciplinary, and reablement program called I-HARP (Interdisciplinary home-based reablement program). I-HARP is designed to improve functional capacity of those community dwelling, older people living with dementia, and other health conditions. In this paper, we discussed key contributions that such a reablement approach to care can make to optimizing the social health of people living with dementia.
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- 2018
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