Evaluating the Quality of Life of Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia

Sloane, Philip D.; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Williams, Christianna S.; Reed, Peter; Gill, Karminder S.; Preisser, John S.

doi:10.1093/geront/45.suppl_1.37

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“…Although there are nine studies did not find any relationship between demographic characteristics and QoL (Andersen et al, 2004;Grske et al, 2014;Moyle et al, 2015;Monteiro et al, 2014;Sloane et al, 2005;Winzelberg et al, 2005;Wetzels et al, 2010;Salvador et al, 2000), other studies found that higher education (Marventano et al, 2015;Li et al, 2012), males (Woods et al, 2014;Barca et al 2011), white (Black et al, 2012), widowed (Samus et al, 2005) and extroverted characteristic (Li et al, 2012) tended to be positively associated with better QoL for elderly people with dementia. Moreover, Banerjee et al (2005) found that QoL of people with dementia showed decline as with the increasing age, while Mjørud et al (2014) indicated that the QoL was worse among the youngest (<79) and oldest (>90) people with dementia.…”

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“…15 studies (León-Salas et al, 2015;Garre-Olmo et al, 2012;Hodgson 19 et al, 2014;Salvador et al, 2000;Black et al, 2012;Beerens et al, 2014;Beer et al, 2010;Samus et al, 2005;Sloane et al, 2005;Winzelberg et al, 2005;Beerens et al, 2013;Missotten et al, 2007;Barca et al, 2011;Wetzels et al, 2010;Mjørud et al, 2014) concluded that cognitive impairment are inversely associated with QoL of elderly people with dementia, except for Monteiro et al (2014) and . These two studies failed to find a statistically significant association between cognitive status and QoL.…”

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Factors influencing quality of life of elderly people with dementia and care implications: A systematic review

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2016

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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Background: Identifying factors associated with Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people with dementia could contribute to finding pathways to improve QoL for elderly people in dementia.Aim: This paper systematically reviews all possible factors that influence QoL of elderly people with dementia, identifies how these factors are different by different stages of dementia and living settings, and explores how the influencing factors could be perceive differently by elderly people with dementia, family members, and caregivers.

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Factors influencing quality of life of elderly people with dementia and care implications: A systematic review

Jing

Willis

Feng

2016

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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“…Several authors have studied determinants of QoL in older adults (Sloane et al 2005;Hoi et al 2010;Brett et al 2012). A national survey on dependency done in Chile in 2010 showed that QoL in the older individuals is influenced by socio-economic and health-related factors, such as education, number of chronic diseases, self-perceived symptoms of depression and difficulties in activities of daily living (ADL), (SENAMA 2010).…”

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Validity and reliability of the SF-36 in Chilean older adults: the ALEXANDROS study

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To validate short-form-36 health survey (SF-36) with specific scoring algorithm obtained in a large sample of Chilean older people and to associate quality of life in this sample with social and health related factors. A cross-sectional study on 2,143 community-living subjects aged 60-92 years (33 % men and 67 % women) conducted in Santiago, Chile. Scores in 8 scales of SF-36-physical function (PF), role physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role emotional (RE) and mental health (MH)-, were calculated. Factor analysis was used to extract two principal factors and logistic regression model was applied to estimate its association with socio-demographic and health variables. The internal consistency of scales was high (Cronbach's alpha 0.86-0.87). Factor analysis retained two factors: mental (MCS) and physical (PCS) components accounting for 65.3 % of total variance (55.3 and 10.0 % respectively). High correlations (0.61-0.94) between MCS and MH, V, RE and SF were obtained. PCS correlated highest (0.72-0.86) with RP, PF and BP. Self-perceived symptoms of depression (GDS-15 C5) was the main variable explaining low scores in both MCS and PCS (adjusted OR = 26.9; 95 % CI: 15.3-47.2; OR = 3.4; 95 % CI: 2.1-5.5, respectively). We have demonstrated the reliability and validity of SF-36 questionnaire to evaluate health related quality of life, reporting Chilean-Specific factor score coefficients for MCS and PCS based in national Chilean means and standard deviations for older people. After adjusting by age and gender, the main predictors of low health related QoL in Chilean older people were selfperceived symptoms of depression, the presence of two or more chronic diseases and illiteracy. Important gender inequalities were observed in all of these results, being consistently less favorable in women than in men.

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“…It has been demonstarted that the light causes a reduction of the symptom called crepuscularism, that is the fact that patients get confused and nervous at sunset. Dr. Philip Sloane and his team have discovered that residents in structures with low levels of light show higher levels of agitation [7]. Exposure to the morning light reduces agitation in patients.…”

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Glass Surfaces for Benefits of Daylight in Social Housing

Salvo¹

2017

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Abstract. Internal environment and appropriate natural lighting of the building interior largely affects the health status and course of treatment of patients with psychiatric diagnoses such as depression, Alzheimer and disorder of functions. In particolar, this paper aims to show how smart glass surfaces, allowing the entry of natural lighting, can better support therapeutic process. It is important to elaborate knowledge for optimized lighting conditions in different healthy populations as well as in patients suffering from visual impairments and circadian rhythm disorders. To contribute to the development of new technologies about smart glass surfaces related to various aspects of light conditions for different populations and patients. In the process of preparation of architectural guidelines, it is essential to summarize the findings of the researchers, technologiest, designers, doctors and other related professionals working in particular environments and based on their incentives to specify requirements the architectural or technical design of the space for elederly people.

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Evaluating the Quality of Life of Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia

Abstract: Various measures and sources of data provide different perspectives on quality of life. No "gold standard" exists; so a combination of methods and sources is likely to provide the most complete picture of quality of life.

Cited by 139 publications

References 30 publications

Factors influencing quality of life of elderly people with dementia and care implications: A systematic review

Factors influencing quality of life of elderly people with dementia and care implications: A systematic review

Validity and reliability of the SF-36 in Chilean older adults: the ALEXANDROS study

Glass Surfaces for Benefits of Daylight in Social Housing

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