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Effects of Dementia Care Mapping on well‐being and quality of life of older people with intellectual disability: A quasi‐experimental study.
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities; Jul2019, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p849-860, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: The ageing of people with intellectual disability, accompanied with consequences like dementia, challenges intellectual disability‐care staff and creates a need for supporting methods, with Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) as a promising possibility. This study examined the effect of DCM on the quality of life of older people with intellectual disability. Methods: We performed a quasi‐experimental study in 23 group homes for older people with intellectual disability in the Netherlands, comparing DCM (n = 113) with care‐as‐usual (CAU; n = 111). Using three measures, we assessed the staff‐reported quality of life of older people with intellectual disability. Results: DCM achieved no significantly better or worse quality of life than CAU. Effect sizes varied from 0.01 to −0.22. Adjustments for covariates and restriction of analyses to people with dementia yielded similar results. Conclusion: The finding that DCM does not increase quality of life of older people with intellectual disability contradicts previous findings and deserves further study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13602322
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136785617
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12576