Two new positive psychosocial measures for persons living with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Differences in adaptive strategies used by individuals and families living with dementia have the potential to impact day-to-day well-being. The Living Well Inventory for Dementia (LWI-D) is a new measure to capture these strategies and to illuminate new options to support families living with dementia. The Quality of Day Scale (QODS) is a new measure to capture global well-being in persons based on a shorter temporal frame than traditional quality of life measures. This article summarizes the initial evaluation of the LWI-D and the QODS for face validity, content validity, and user acceptability.

Methods

Initial acceptability and feasibility testing were conducted with a sample of 17 community-dwelling individuals with early-stage dementia (Montreal Cognitive A

SUBMITTER: Molony SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837736 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature