{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Regier NG"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS","NIMH NIH HHS","National Institute of Mental Health"],"pagination":["987-997"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5881689"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["57(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>To understand activity in dementia care, we examine relationships of disease stage with types and characteristics of meaningful activities (cueing needs, help with initiation, and recommended engagement time) provided in a home-based intervention trial designed to reduce behavioral symptoms.<h4>Design and methods</h4>Data involved 158 activity prescriptions or written documents detailing prescribed activities, cueing needs, and engagement goals designed by occupational therapists for 56 families. Activities were categorized as arts and crafts, exercise/physical, cognitive, music/entertainment, manipulation/sensory/sorting, family/social/ reminiscence, and domestic/homemaking. Bivariate correlations examined relationships of activity categories and characteristics with disea"],"journal":["The Gerontologist"],"pubmed_title":["Characteristics of Activities for Persons With Dementia at the Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stages."],"pmcid":["PMC5881689"],"funding_grant_id":["R21 MH069425","T32 AG027668"],"pubmed_authors":["Regier NG","Hodgson NA","Gitlin LN"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characteristics of Activities for Persons With Dementia at the Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stages.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>To understand activity in dementia care, we examine relationships of disease stage with types and characteristics of meaningful activities (cueing needs, help with initiation, and recommended engagement time) provided in a home-based intervention trial designed to reduce behavioral symptoms.<h4>Design and methods</h4>Data involved 158 activity prescriptions or written documents detailing prescribed activities, cueing needs, and engagement goals designed by occupational therapists for 56 families. Activities were categorized as arts and crafts, exercise/physical, cognitive, music/entertainment, manipulation/sensory/sorting, family/social/ reminiscence, and domestic/homemaking. Bivariate correlations examined relationships of activity categories and characteristics with disea","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Oct","modification":"2026-06-17T03:43:38.517Z","creation":"2026-06-17T03:06:34.903Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5881689","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27986794"],"doi":["10.1093/geront/gnw133"]}}