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Environment and behaviour
- Author:
- BOWIE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Alzheimers Disease Society Newsletter, June 1998, p.6.
- Publisher:
- Alzheimers Disease Society
Concerns about the quality of care in institutions and its effect on residents have been expressed for over a century, particularly in relation to patients with schizophrenia or those with a mental handicap. Describes a study to investigate possible links between the behaviour or patients with dementia and the quality of their living environment in hospital wards providing long-term care in the Yorkshire area.
The quality of long-term care for dementia: a survey of ward environments
- Authors:
- MOUNTAIN Gail, BOWIE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(12), 1995, pp.1029-1035.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Presents the findings of a survey of long-stay wards for elderly demented patients. The quality of five aspects of ward environment was assessed, covering institutional practices, social/recreational input, reality orientation cues, ward condition and space availability. Of the 28 wards surveyed, two-thirds achieved high quality on one aspect but only two wards had high quality on three or more aspects. In contrast, 14% of the wards obtained low-quality scores on at least three aspects. A hospital trend was found for the variation in institutionalisation care practices. Concludes by drawing attention to the implications for staff training and for reprovision programmes.