title: Replication and extension of a check-in procedure to increase activity engagement among people with severe dementia.
abstract: Engelman, Altus, and Mathews (1999) evaluated a procedure to ensure that staff checked in with elderly residents in a nursing home and offered activity choices. We report findings of a replication, with some additional components, to increase appropriate activity engagement among 5 residents (aged 77 to 83 years) with severe dementia. Evaluated in a concurrent multiple baseline design across participants that incorporated partial withdrawal phases, activity engagement increased for 3 participants, with modest improvement for 1 other participant. The 4 responders all engaged in a wider variety of activities during intervention.
authors: The University Of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors: Elin
authors: E
authors: Engstrom
authors: The University Of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors: Oliver C
authors: OC
authors: Mudford
authors: The University Of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors: Denys
authors: D
authors: Brand
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes
keywords: activities; dementia; elderly; engagement; nursing homes