Differences in quality of life in home-dwelling persons and nursing home residents with dementia - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia often eventually leads to dependency on others and finally to residential care. However, in Norway about half of the dementia population lives at home, due to individual and political wishes. There is scarce and inconclusive knowledge of how living in a nursing home differs from living at home for persons with dementia (PWDs) with regard to their quality of life (QoL). The first aim of the study was therefore to compare QoL, cognitive and physical functions, social contacts, sleep patterns, physical activity levels, exposure to light, and medication of PWDs in nursing homes and home-dwelling PWDs, and whether living in nursing homes was associated with a lower QoL than living at home for PWDs. A second aim was to examine if possible differences between residenci

SUBMITTER: Olsen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4939817 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature