Outdoor wayfinding in dementia
| Autor: | Bart Sheehan, Lynne Mitchell, Elizabeth Burton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
030503 health policy & services 05 social sciences Applied psychology General Social Sciences 050109 social psychology General Medicine medicine.disease Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Community living medicine Dementia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0305 other medical science Psychology Built environment |
| Zdroj: | Dementia. 5:271-281 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2684 1471-3012 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1471301206062254 |
| Popis: | We aimed in this study to investigate (1) outdoor wayfinding performance of people with dementia; and (2) which features of the outdoor built environment are used in wayfinding by people with dementia. We observed 13 older subjects with confirmed dementia and 10 controls on outdoor walks.Two accompanying researchers recorded performance in wayfinding, built environment features and use of these features in wayfinding. Results showed that people with dementia performed worse on wayfinding, even in familiar areas, but that they attended to similar features of the built environment and made equal use of features such as signs in wayfinding. Research that investigates the built environment for people with dementia is feasible and may help guide planning policies likely to enhance independent community living for this group. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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