Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia within Long-Term Care: The Role of Occupational  Therapy

Strobel, Caitlynn

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Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia within Long-Term Care: The Role of Occupational Therapy

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Strobel, Caitlynn. Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia Within Long-term Care: The Role of Occupational Therapy. Bednarski, Julie.University of Indianapolis. 2019. uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/9b5babe0-985a-4a8f-9859-aa3279cf874c?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

S. Caitlynn. (2019). Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia within Long-Term Care: The Role of Occupational Therapy. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/9b5babe0-985a-4a8f-9859-aa3279cf874c?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Strobel, Caitlynn. Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia Within Long-Term Care: The Role of Occupational Therapy. University of Indianapolis. 2019. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/9b5babe0-985a-4a8f-9859-aa3279cf874c?locale=en.

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Long-term care facilities provide care to older adults, including individuals with dementia, and promote client-centered care through maximizing functional independence and cultivating one's quality of life (Moyle, Fetherstonhaugh, Greben & Beattie, 2015). Throughout the doctoral capstone experience (DCE), an occupational therapy (OT) student from the University of Indianapolis promoted the OT profession through the creation and implementation of an educational program for staff and therapists at University Heights Health and Living facility. A self-created needs assessment was conducted to evaluate existing knowledge of staff and therapists regarding dementia and quality of life. The DCE student utilized needs assessment results and evidence-based literature to develop the educational in-service andhandout for staff and therapists. At the beginning of the educational program, participants completed a self-developed pre-survey. At the conclusion of the program presentation, the self-developed post-survey was administered to the participants to determine the effectiveness of the educational program, handout, and provide supplemental comments for future program improvement. Overall, staff and therapists self-reported ratings on their knowledge regarding dementia, quality of life and dementia staging improved after participating in the educational program. Both therapists and staff ratings of their self-perceived confidence with providing care for individuals with dementia increased as well. The Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) was utilized to appraise the outcome of the educational in-service and handout, which both exceeded the expected level of outcome. Overall, the results demonstrate the educational program and handout were successful and would be advantageous to continue to provide for therapists and staff at University Heights Health and Living facility.

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