Do nursing homes improve the quality of life in elderly individuals with dementia?
Abstract
Do nursing homes improve the quality
of life in elderly individuals with dementia? Evidence-Based Answer: Alzheimer’s special care units may improve quality of life
compared with both community living and traditional
nursing homes (SOR: B, RCT and cohort study).
In dementia-oriented group adult living situations,
patients are more active and less likely to be subjected
to restraints than similar patients in a dementia unit
of a nursing home (SOR: C, extrapolated from a Dutch
cohort trial).
Citation
Evidence-based practice 17, no. 09 (2014): 9-10