The social positioning of older people living with Alzheimer’s disease who scream in long-term care homes

Dementia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 751-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bourbonnais ◽  
Francine Ducharme
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Social Positioning ◽  
The Social

Habituation Theory and Environment-Aging Research: Ennui to Joie De Vivre?

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Norris-Baker ◽  
Rick J. Scheidt
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Situational Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Robert Kastenbaum posits that functional aging results in the overadaptation to our own routines and expectations, producing “hyperhabituation,” mental stagnation, and novaphobic response orientations. This article examines the promise and implications of this notion for two areas of environment-aging research: psychological control and environmental comprehension. Possible causal and mediating links between control and habituation are considered, as well as the impact of habituation on environmental perception, cognition, and appraisal. Personal and situational characteristics of older people likely to be at risk for habituated responses are suggested. The article also speculates about individually- and environmentally-targeted interventions which might prevent and/or ameliorate tendencies toward hyperhabituated responses among older people who reside in highly ritualized and constant environments such as long-term care institutions. Interventions subject to future evaluations include modifications for the social, physical, and policy milieux and desensitization of novaphobic responses.

Alzheimer's disease and mortality in traditional long-term care facilities

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Cereda ◽  
Carlo Pedrolli ◽  
Annunciata Zagami ◽  
Alfredo Vanotti ◽  
Silvano Piffer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities
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