title: Characteristics associated with lower activity involvement in long-term care residents with dementia.
abstract: This article describes the characteristics associated with activity involvement in 400 residents with dementia in 45 assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Activity involvement was related to family involvement in care and staff encouragement, after adjusting for resident age, gender, race, cognitive and functional status, and comorbidity.
authors.affiliation: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA. Debra_Dobbs@unc.edu
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobbs
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Munn
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Malaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boustani
authors.forename: Christianna S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Sloane
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D003704:Dementia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012919:Social Behavior