{"title":"Feasibility of providing computer activities for nursing home residents with dementia.","authors":"Sunghee H Tak, Cornelia Beck, Song Hee Hong","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Nursing home residents with dementia need cognitively stimulating and enjoyable activities, and computer technology offers them a means of engaging in such activities. This study therefore examined the feasibility of providing a 12-week computer activity program (CAP) for nursing homes residents with dementia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fourteen participants completed the CAP, and 462 observational logs of CAP sessions were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On average, participants completed 33 sessions amounting to 936.5 minutes over 12 weeks. Participants with mild and moderate dementia preferred playing a cognitively challenging game such as solitaire, while those with severe dementia enjoyed watching slideshows with music.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings suggest that it is important to match computer activities to interests and cognitive ability in order to increase participation and satisfaction of NH residents with dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":89827,"journal":{"name":"Non-pharmacological therapies in dementia","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204016/pdf/nihms598471.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Non-pharmacological therapies in dementia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction: Nursing home residents with dementia need cognitively stimulating and enjoyable activities, and computer technology offers them a means of engaging in such activities. This study therefore examined the feasibility of providing a 12-week computer activity program (CAP) for nursing homes residents with dementia.
Methods: Fourteen participants completed the CAP, and 462 observational logs of CAP sessions were analyzed.
Results: On average, participants completed 33 sessions amounting to 936.5 minutes over 12 weeks. Participants with mild and moderate dementia preferred playing a cognitively challenging game such as solitaire, while those with severe dementia enjoyed watching slideshows with music.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that it is important to match computer activities to interests and cognitive ability in order to increase participation and satisfaction of NH residents with dementia.
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