Caregivers’ and families role in the implementation of a multi-sensory room in a nursing home
A. Sponselee, M. de Rijke, E. Sitsen, I. La Maire, R. Tournoij, E. Ulrich, R. Smith, F. Smith-van Schijndel
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AbstractThis research presents an implementation study of an immersive multi-sensory room for people living with dementia. Nursing homes accommodate increasing numbers of people with dementia and with increasingly severe stages of dementia. With the growing pressure on care, a multi-sensory room may be a solution, by improving the social and emotional wellbeing of people with dementia (Goodall, et al., 2018). In this study a multi-sensory room called Sense-Garden (AAL/Call2016/054-b/2017) was implemented in a Dutch nursing home. Sense-Garden provides visual, acoustic, olfactory and tactile stimuli in a designated room, with comfortable chairs (1), soundproofing walls (2), wooden paneling (3), smart-TV (4), smart LED’s, plants (5), fragrance dispenser (6) and the Sense-Garden module (Figure 1). The research focusses on the role of caregivers and family members in the use and adoption of the room.Keywords: dementia, immersive technology, emotional wellbeing, technology acceptance
A. Sponselee, M. de Rijke, E. Sitsen, I. La Maire, R. Tournoij, E. Ulrich, R. Smith, F. Smith-van Schijndel (2024). Caregivers’ and families role in the implementation of a multi-sensory room in a nursing home. Gerontechnology, 23(2), 1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.s.984.opp