Perspectives of substitute decision-makers and staff about person-centred physical activity in long-term care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This paper aims to explore the care processes that best exemplify person-centred care during physical activity (PA) for long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia from the perspectives of substitute decision-makers (SDMs) and LTC home staff. Little is known about how person-centred care is reflected during PA for residents with dementia, or the barriers and benefits to enacting person-centred care during PA.

Methods

Semistructured interviews were used to collect SDMs and LTC home staffs' perspectives on the importance of person-centred care during PA from two LTC homes in Canada. The McCormack and McCance person-centredness framework was used to guide thematic content analysis of responses.

Results

SDM (n = 26) and staff (n = 21) identified actions cate

SUBMITTER: Chu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9615080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature