title: Dementia care creating a therapeutic milieu.
abstract: 1. In dementia care, the full spectrum of interventions in a therapeutic milieu provides for safety, structure, support, involvement, and validation. 2. A safe environment accommodates wandering and compensates for physical and cognitive impairments. A therapeutic milieu provides for both physical and psychologic safety. 3. Two components of structure include the design of the physical environment and the schedule of activities. 4. The central element that defines quality in a therapeutic milieu is the dimension of interpersonal relationships.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Taft
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stansell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations