Day care for persons with dementia: the impact of the physical environment on staff stress and quality of care.
This study considers the impact of the physical environment on work-related stress and quality of care in a day care center that integrates demented people and other frail elderly persons. The researcher examined positive and negative differences before and after the program moved to a new, improved facility. Implications for facility design and other program characteristics are discussed.
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D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*