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Although much effort has been devoted to developing conceptually based approaches for measuring environment, tools for assessing physical environments remain relatively underdeveloped, and instruments to assess environments designed to care for people with dementia reflect this situation. The Professional Environmental Assessment Protocol (PEAP) has been developed to provide a standardized method of expert evaluation of special care units (SCUs) for people with dementing illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Although the primary focus of the PEAP is the physical setting, the assessment is conducted within an understanding of the larger context of the social, organizational, and policy environment. This chapter reviews the conceptual and methodological foundations of the PEAP, describes its scales, provides information about its reliability, and illustrates its applications in comparing settings and in monitoring change within a single specialized care setting. |
