Evaluating the Effect of Activity Programs on a Geriatric Ward

Reichenfeld, H. F.; Csapo, Kal G.; Carriere, Lucy; Gardner, Ruth

doi:10.1093/geront/13.3_part_1.305

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“…The beneficial effects of increasing the time the institutionalized elderly spend in goaldirected activity have been known for some time (Reichenfeld, Csapo, Carriere, & Gardner, 1973). Quilitch (1975) reported a study in which 43 male and female "psychiatrically impaired" geriatric patients were simply exposed to activity opportunities and because of that their purposeful activities on the ward greatly increased.…”

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The Effects of Rearranging Ward Routines on Communication and Eating Behaviors of Psychogeriatric Patients

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Götestam

1981

J of App Behav Analysis

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Several aspects of ward routine were changed to study the effects of environmental manipulation on the behavior of 21 psychogeriatric patients. Furniture was rearranged to be more conducive to conversation (i.e., grouped around tables instead of along corridor walls), and mealtime routines were changed to allow patients more time to eat, more freedom in choosing the composition of the meal, and more pleasant surroundings. Patients were divided into experimental and control groups, and data were collected on the frequency of verbal and tactile communication and degree of skill in eating behavior. Following baseline, environmental changes were introduced across behaviors. Results show that the frequency of communication increased for the experimental group, as compared to both baseline and the control group. Eating behavior also improved significantly for the experimental group. The study shows that minor changes in the physical environment can promote therapeutic change in the behavior of patients diagnosed as senile dementia.

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The Effects of Rearranging Ward Routines on Communication and Eating Behaviors of Psychogeriatric Patients

Melin

Götestam

1981

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…psy cho ge ri at rics (was) in tel lec tu ally chal leng ing , emotion ally sat is fy ing, but in credi bly frustrat ing"(3). En thu si as tic or char is matic su per vi sors hardly en tered the pic ture, al though there was a great deal of support from the Unit Di rec tor at the London Psy chi at ric Hos pi tal for the resi dent wish ing to de velop a novel treat ment approach (4). As in the cur rent study, "com fort with the medi cal psy chi at ric na ture of the spe cialty" was an im por tant fac tor be cause the resi dent had had 8 years of pre vi ous ex pe ri ence in gen eral prac tice.…”

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