Meaningful engagement and person-centered residential dementia care: A critical interpretive synthesis

SHJ Du Toit, X Shen, M McGrath - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… Current occupational therapy practice within residential dementia care promotes meaningful
engagement at the level of shared-doing where interdependence, primarily between care

The use of technology to promote meaningful engagement for adults with dementia in residential aged care: a scoping review

I Neal, SHJ du Toit, M Lovarini - International psychogeriatrics, 2020 - cambridge.org
… for such technologies to improve engagement of residents with dementia. However, the …
enhancing meaningful engagement of adults with dementia living in residential aged care. …

Meaningful engagement among assisted living residents with dementia: Successful approaches

CL Kemp, AA Bender, J Ciofi… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… and maintain optimal meaningful engagement for persons living with dementia. Our …
meaningful engagement among AL residents with dementia, and (b) identify successful engagement

'Making the most of time during personal care': nursing home staff experiences of meaningful engagement with residents with advanced dementia

K Haunch, M Downs, J Oyebode - Aging & mental health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… , along with what facilitated and prevented such engagement. This was … how meaningful
engagement occurred. To gain detailed examples of meaningful engagement, we asked care

Exploring the factors influencing meaningful engagement of persons living with advanced dementia through the namaste care program: a qualitative descriptive study

ML Yous, SA Boamah, PV Hunter… - Palliative Care and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… Framework 8 to contribute to our understanding of how the Namaste Care program can
promote meaningful engagement for people with advanced dementia living in two LTC homes. …

Meaningful activity in advanced dementia

M Brown, B Mitchell, A Boyd, D Tolson - Nursing Older People, 2024 - journals.rcni.com
care of people living with advanced dementia. When someone with advanced dementia can
… Research from a care home setting suggested that social engagement improved among 20 …

Embracing cultural diversity: Meaningful engagement for older adults with advanced dementia in a residential care setting

SHJ Du Toit, H Buchanan - The American journal of occupational …, 2018 - research.aota.org
… Providing person-centered care (PCC) that focuses on meaningful engagement in … inform
ways of enabling meaningful engagement for older adults with dementia living in care facilities. …

Enjoyable, engaging and individualised: A concept analysis of meaningful activity for older adults with dementia

L Tierney, E Beattie - International journal of older people …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… “meaningful activity” were analysed. This analysis identified five attributes that make activities
meaningful for people with dementia… Expectations of engagement also varied by dementia

Approaches to engaging people with dementia in meaningful occupations in institutional settings: a scoping review

K Kielsgaard, S Horghagen, D Nielsen… - Scandinavian Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… Furthermore, social and cultural environmental features are highlighted, such as creating
a culture to support the meaningful engagement of people with dementia and encouraging …

Promoting meaningful engagement for residents living with dementia through intergenerational programs: a pilot study

K Angelou, C McDonnell, LF Low… - Aging & Mental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… participating in meaningful engagement as … meaningful engagement reflects how people
spend their day, including doing what they enjoy – this is deemed as occupational engagement