What is it about?
This paper explains the perceptions health by health professional, older persons with dementia and their care givers of exercise as a feasible alternative to maintain ADLS in older persons with dementia in Thailand. it was found that older persons and their care givers see doing ADLs as exercise and that doing aerobic activity may not be necessary. The role of familial piety plans a major role in this thinking.
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Why is it important?
It is timely to consider cheaper alternatives to dementia care in developing countries where access to care and the cost of prescription medications is often beyond the remit of families and older people with dementia.
Perspectives
Following this study we learnt of the importance played by family in supporting the older person with dementia. It was agreed that aerobic activity was beneficial, needed to be individualised and occur in the home. This also means that nurses need to be appraised of the benefits of a structured, individualised exercise interventions in order to support and assist the older person with dementia and their caregivers at home.
Dr Joyce Hendricks
Edith Cowan University
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This page is a summary of: Perceptions of exercise for older people living with dementia in Bangkok, Thailand: an exploratory qualitative study, International Journal of Older People Nursing, July 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/opn.12091.
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