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@ARTICLE{Knecht:277798,
      author       = {Knecht, Hanna L and Rodriguez, Francisca S},
      title        = {{S}ocial interactions in dementia: perceptions of current
                      situation and opportunities.},
      journal      = {BMC geriatrics},
      volume       = {25},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {1471-2318},
      address      = {London},
      publisher    = {BioMed Central},
      reportid     = {DZNE-2025-00476},
      pages        = {202},
      year         = {2025},
      abstract     = {Social interactions can have a beneficial effect on people
                      with dementia (PWD). However, little is known about the
                      details of social interactions in dementia, information that
                      is useful for planning social interventions. The aim of our
                      study was to gain a deeper insight, provided by people in
                      dementia care, into (i) the characteristics of social
                      interactions of PWD, (ii) which social interactions are
                      considered as particularly important, (iii) how important
                      social interactions are perceived, and (iv) what is
                      perceived to increase social interactions among
                      PWD.Responses of 501 people in dementia care (mostly family
                      and professional caregivers; more than three-quarters
                      female; average age 53.5 years) provided in a structured,
                      quantitative survey were included in this analysis.
                      Descriptive analyses were conducted.The majority of PWDs'
                      social interactions take place in their home or day care and
                      arise from support services as well as organized activities.
                      More than half of the participants perceived singing,
                      telling life stories, or moving together (e.g., walking,
                      dancing) as valuable social interactions that PWD benefit
                      from in many ways. Positive effects (e.g., aggression,
                      depression, positive emotions, activation) are mainly
                      perceived for social interactions such as laughing together,
                      touch, hugging, simply being together, or being involved in
                      daily activities. Overall, participants rated social
                      interactions as rather important for the course of the
                      symptoms. A fixed social contact besides the primary
                      caregiver and offers from the community, associations, and
                      religious institutions are considered rather important in
                      increasing the social interactions of PWD.Simple social
                      interactions of PWD such as laughing, eating or singing
                      together that can be realized in the home environment and in
                      the context of organized caregiving activities are perceived
                      most valuable. Enhancing social interactions, especially
                      beyond the primary caregiving context, may be valuable for
                      those living with dementia.},
      keywords     = {Humans / Female / Dementia: psychology / Male / Aged /
                      Social Interaction / Middle Aged / Aged, 80 and over /
                      Caregivers: psychology / Interpersonal Relations / Adult /
                      Alzheimer’s (Other) / Dementia (Other) /
                      Non-pharmacological (Other) / Psychosocial (Other) / Social
                      health (Other) / Social integration (Other) / Social
                      medicine (Other)},
      cin          = {AG Rodriguez},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-2719)1510900},
      pnm          = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:40148765},
      doi          = {10.1186/s12877-025-05850-8},
      url          = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/277798},
}