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Care of the older person
Quantitative study - other
Social aspect of activity stimuli is related to positive affect in persons with Alzheimer's disease
  1. Shannon E Jarrott
  1. Department Human Development (0416), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  1. Correspondence to Shannon E Jarrott
    Department Human Development (0416), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; sjarrott{at}vt.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2011.100166

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    Commentary on: Cohen-Mansfield J, Marx MS, Thein K, et al. The impact of stimuli on affect in persons with dementia. J Clin Psychiatry 2011;72:480–6.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Implications for nursing practice

    • ■ Social stimuli, including simulated stimuli, generate the most positive affect among persons with moderate to severe dementia compared with various other types of stimuli.

    • ■ Nursing home residents with Alzheimer's benefit from increased pleasure and interest during activities that involve social stimuli, particularly when it reflects their self-identity.

    Implications for nursing research

    • ■ There is a need to extend current findings by determining how to sustain mean levels of positive affect over extended periods during the day.

    • ■ Techniques to effectively deliver social stimuli to small groups need further evaluation as most facilities cannot offer one-on-one programming.

    • ■ Methods by which pleasure and interest are enhanced merit further research to clarify whether the content of activity programming or the means …

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    • Competing interests None.