Étude préliminaire d'une intervention non-pharmacologique pour réduire l'agitation verbale chez les personnes atteintes de démence

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Bédard ◽  
Philippe Landreville
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Sensory Stimulation ◽  
Multiple Baseline ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Baseline Case ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Preliminary Study

ABSTRACTVerbally agitated behaviours are among the behavioural symptoms of dementia most commonly encountered in long-term care facilities. These behaviours may be related to unmet needs that cannot be expressed adequately because of cognitive impairment. The objective of this preliminary study is to assess an intervention, based on the needs of social attention, sensory stimulation, and comfort, for managing verbally agitated behaviours in long-term care demented patients. A multiple baseline case study design was used, with two participants.

scholarly journals Behavioral Interventions in Long-Term Care Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study

Geriatrics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Carlos Dosil-Díaz ◽  
David Facal ◽  
Romina Mouriz-Corbelle
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Therapeutic Options ◽  
Mixed Dementia ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Cognitive Health ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Strong Confinement

During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care (LTC) centers have adopted a series of measures that have affected the physical and cognitive health of patients. The routines of the patients, as well as the interventions of professionals, have been altered. In the case presented here, our aim was to explain the effect that the strong confinement due to the spread of the first COVID-19 wave in Spain had on a 75-year-old resident in an LTC center, with cognitive and behavioral symptomatology compatible with a diagnosis of mixed dementia, as well as the measures that the center adopted to manage the lockdown situation in the best possible way, including personalized attention protocols and a video call program. Different nosological hypotheses are also raised using a semiological analysis, including the analysis of the initial and continuation diagnostic protocols, as well as the therapeutic options.

scholarly journals Butterfly Garden Connects Community Living Center Residents, Family, and Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1002-1003
Author(s):  
Maribel Rodriguez-Gonzalez ◽  
Maura Miller ◽  
Gelda Pratt ◽  
Micheal A Silverman ◽  
Sandra DiScala
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Sensory Stimulation ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Significant Morbidity ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Socially Isolated

Abstract The COVID-19 Pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality in older residents of long-term care facilities. In addition, the stringent restrictions on visitation of family and loved ones has further socially isolated residents leading to an increase in depression, loneliness, and spiritual distress. The Community Living Center (CLC) staff at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center wanted to address this dilemma and created a unique “Butterfly Garden” (BG) visitation space. This space is a therapeutic garden adjacent to the CLC that can be accessed by families without having to enter the facility. Participants in the BG reported feelings of peace, undisturbed reflection, and tranquility as they observed and experienced nature’s life cycle. This show of nature’s beauty promotes visual, tactile, and olfactory sensory stimulation while attracting hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and peace to this calm garden space. The BG visitations offers residents, family, and staff opportunities to experience the health benefits of nature during their visits under strict CDC social contact guidelines. From September through December 2020 and from January through March 2021 there were 67 and 184 visits respectively as families became more involved. The feedback from residents, families, and staff indicated that the spirits of all participants were raised by the BG visits despite the difficult challenges of social distancing and limited CLC visitations. This BG concept could serve as a model for other long-term care facilities to allow socially distant family visits to loved ones in a safe nature-based environment of care with or without a pandemic.

scholarly journals Optimizing vaccine distribution via mobile clinics: a case study on COVID-19 vaccine distribution to long-term care facilities

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samta Shukla ◽  
Francois Fressin ◽  
Michelle Un ◽  
Henriette Coetzer ◽  
Sreekanth K. Chaguturu
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Mobile Clinics ◽  
Vaccine Distribution

Supervisory relationships in long-term care facilities: A comparative case study of two facilities using complexity science

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Escrig-Pinol ◽  
Kirsten N. Corazzini ◽  
Meagan B. Blodgett ◽  
Charlene H. Chu ◽  
Katherine S. McGilton
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Complexity Science ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Supervisory Relationships ◽  
Care Facilities
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