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Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia

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Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia. / Sharp, Rebecca A.; Williams, Emma; Rörnes, Rebecka et al.
In: Behavior Analysis in Practice, Vol. 12, No. 3, 30.09.2019, p. 637-642.

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Sharp, RA, Williams, E, Rörnes, R, Lau, CY & Lamers, C 2019, 'Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia', Behavior Analysis in Practice, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 637-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

APA

Sharp, R. A., Williams, E., Rörnes, R., Lau, C. Y., & Lamers, C. (2019). Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(3), 637-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

CBE

Sharp RA, Williams E, Rörnes R, Lau CY, Lamers C. 2019. Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 12(3):637-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

MLA

Sharp, Rebecca A. et al. "Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia". Behavior Analysis in Practice. 2019, 12(3). 637-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

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Sharp RA, Williams E, Rörnes R, Lau CY, Lamers C. Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 2019 Sept 30;12(3):637-642. Epub 2019 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

Author

Sharp, Rebecca A. ; Williams, Emma ; Rörnes, Rebecka et al. / Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia. In: Behavior Analysis in Practice. 2019 ; Vol. 12, No. 3. pp. 637-642.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia

AU - Sharp, Rebecca A.

AU - Williams, Emma

AU - Rörnes, Rebecka

AU - Lau, Choo Ying

AU - Lamers, Carolien

N1 - © Association for Behavior Analysis International 2019.

PY - 2019/9/30

Y1 - 2019/9/30

N2 - The design of care settings for people with dementia is often guided by expert opinion rather than empirical data. We evaluated the effect of arranging lounge furniture in different configurations on communication, engagement with activities, and indices of happiness in people with dementia. We found that the common configuration of chairs placed around the outside of the room resulted in the least of all 3 behaviors. Communication occurred most when the furniture was arranged in groups, and engagement occurred most when the furniture layout maximized the salience of available activities.

AB - The design of care settings for people with dementia is often guided by expert opinion rather than empirical data. We evaluated the effect of arranging lounge furniture in different configurations on communication, engagement with activities, and indices of happiness in people with dementia. We found that the common configuration of chairs placed around the outside of the room resulted in the least of all 3 behaviors. Communication occurred most when the furniture was arranged in groups, and engagement occurred most when the furniture layout maximized the salience of available activities.

KW - stimulus control

KW - furniture

KW - dementia

KW - engagement

KW - indices of happiness

U2 - 10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

DO - 10.1007/s40617-018-00323-4

M3 - Article

C2 - 31976273

VL - 12

SP - 637

EP - 642

JO - Behavior Analysis in Practice

JF - Behavior Analysis in Practice

SN - 1998-1929

IS - 3

ER -