Non-pharmacological interventions for people with dementia: Design recommendations from an ergonomics perspective

Gubing Wang*, Armagan Albayrak, Johan Molenbroek, Tischa van der Cammen

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Abstract

Non-pharmacological interventions have been applied to manage Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). However, these interventions have not been assessed from an ergonomics perspective. Ergonomics has investigated the age-related capability changes in terms of sensory, cognition and movement aspects. This study aims to review the existing non-pharmacological interventions for BPSD targeting nursing home residents and generate design recommendations based on the domain of ergonomics in ageing. The electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO were searched for studies which applied non-pharmacological interventions for treating BPSD in nursing home residents. A total of 67 studies met the inclusion criteria; from which 16 types of interventions were identified. Within these intervention types, the main capabilities required from the interventions for People with Dementia (PwD) were identified. The interventions were then categorized into sensory-, cognition-, and movement-oriented according to the main capabilities. Design recommendations were then generated for the interventions with knowledge from the domain of ergonomics in ageing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IX
Subtitle of host publicationAging, Gender and Work, Anthropometry, Ergonomics for Children and Educational Environments
EditorsS. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, Y. Fujita
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages112-122
Number of pages11
VolumeIX
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-96065-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-96064-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event IEA 2018: 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association - Florence, Italy
Duration: 26 Aug 201830 Aug 2018
Conference number: 20

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
PublisherSpringer
Volume826
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

Conference IEA 2018: 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association
Abbreviated title IEA 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period26/08/1830/08/18

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • Ageing population
  • Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
  • Cognition
  • Intervention design
  • Movement
  • Sensory capabilities

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