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Evidence-based occupational therapy for people with dementia and their families: What clinical practice guidelines tell us and implications for practice.
- Source :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; Feb2017, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p3-10, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background/aim The first evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines and Principles of Care for People with Dementia in Australia have been released. The Guidelines detail a number of important evidence-based recommendations for occupational therapists. The aim of this paper is (1) to provide an overview of Guideline development, and (2) to describe the evidence supporting a recommendation for occupational therapy. Common characteristics of effective occupational therapy programmes for people with dementia are described. Methods Guideline development involved adaptation of existing high-quality guidelines developed overseas and 17 systematic reviews to ensure that the most recent high-quality evidence was included. One of the systematic reviews involved examining the evidence for interventions to promote independence in people with dementia. Specifically, we looked at the evidence for occupational therapy and its effect on activities of daily living, quality of life and carer impact. Results A total of 109 recommendations are included in the Guidelines. Occupational therapy was found to significantly increase independence in activities of daily living and improve quality of life. Effective occupational therapy programmes involve: environmental assessment, problem solving strategies, carer education and interactive carer skills training. Conclusion Occupational therapists working with people with dementia in community settings should ensure that their time is spent on those aspects of intervention that are shown to be effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CAREGIVERS
DEMENTIA
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL protocols
MEDLINE
OCCUPATIONAL therapy services
ONLINE information services
QUALITY of life
RESEARCH funding
SYSTEMATIC reviews
EVIDENCE-based medicine
ACTIVITIES of daily living
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00450766
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121183603
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12309