| Title |
A Study on the Effects of Environmental Changes by Relocation to Daily Activity of Elderly with Dementia |
| Authors |
Jorn Myoung-Hee ; Hong Guen-Pyo ; Lee Kyung-Hoon |
| Keywords |
Relocation ; Environmental Changes ; ADLs(Activity of Daily Livings) ; Distance of Entrance ; Period of Residence |
| Abstract |
Most of the elderly, who are losing their physical and mental abilities, experience an extensive change in their living environments and patterns when they enter a new institution. Moreover, the elderly with dementia has more troubles in adapting the environmental changes comparing to the general. This study is to examine the effects of relocation to the physical competence of the elderly with dementia by analyzing the time-series data of ADL(Activity of Daily Livings)s, and to present the basis of environmental features suitable to them.
The results indicates that the environmental changes effect the physical abilities of the elderly in negative ways, and it appears that the elderly who are institutionalized in a facility with longer management show less negative changes in their abilities. Also, the abilities show better aspects as the distance of entrance gets lower. As time passes, the degree of their changing abilities have a tendency of decreasing, and their high-functional abilities of instrumental activities are attenuated gradually while their abilities of daily activities are promoted. This indicates that a slight changes of the institution's environment could promote the elderly's ADLs |