Measuring the well-being of people with dementia: a conceptual scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enabling people with dementia to 'live well' is a policy and research priority in many countries. However, instruments for measuring outcomes of psychosocial interventions designed to promote well-being in dementia are often derived from a symptom-focused, loss/deficit approach, or from broad quality of life concepts. A pan-European dementia working group called for research on the development of an alternative asset/strengths-based conceptual framework of well-being in dementia. This paper takes forward this recommendation by developing such a framework and using this to map relevant self-report outcome measures.

Methods

Three scoping reviews of published studies were conducted iteratively. First, we examined the literature on lived experiences of well-being and

SUBMITTER: Clarke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature