TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rodriguez, Francisca S
AU  - Ziegert, Nadja
AU  - Ross, Sabrina D
TI  - Non-Medical Activities in Dementia Care in Germany: Use and Experienced Effects.
JO  - Journal of primary care & community health
VL  - 16
SN  - 2150-1319
CY  - London
PB  - Sage
M1  - DZNE-2025-01236
SP  - 21501319251390081
PY  - 2025
AB  - Previous studies have shown benefits through non-pharmacological interventions for people with dementia. Non-medical activities (i.e., activities outside the medical sector) may have similar effect. As little is known about the use and perceived effects of non-medical activities in dementia care, this study's aim was to obtain population-based descriptive information. A survey in the form of structured interviews was conducted with n = 134 stakeholders. Participants used on average 17.7 non-medical activities (i.e., social, leisure, and household activities). They reported perceiving effects for, on average, 85.1
KW  - Humans
KW  - Dementia: therapy
KW  - Germany
KW  - Male
KW  - Female
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Aged
KW  - Caregivers: psychology
KW  - Leisure Activities
KW  - Interviews as Topic
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW  - Alzheimer’s (Other)
KW  - dementia (Other)
KW  - dementia care (Other)
KW  - health service utilization (Other)
KW  - intervention (Other)
KW  - non-pharmacological (Other)
KW  - psychosocial (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:41185915
DO  - DOI:10.1177/21501319251390081
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/281863
ER  -