title: Facilitating ADLs by caregivers of persons with dementia: the C3P model.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explicate a change model for caregivers of persons with dementia to assist them in facilitating meals in the home, at community-based programs and in institutional settings. Building on a Social Ecological Model, the C3P Model-Change the Person, Change the People, Change the Place offers a clear method to adapt care strategies to foster independence while providing appropriate support as the person with dementia cognitively and functionally declines. Meals are highly embedded within a culture and are ritualized events within a family requiring an individualized approach when modifications are needed.
authors.affiliation: 1College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston, SC , USA.
authors.forename: Elaine J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Amella
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Batchelor-Aselage
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D017028:Caregivers; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003469:Culture; D003704:Dementia; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007326:Institutionalization; D062407:Meals; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012111:Residence Characteristics