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The Influence of Everyday Acoustic Environments on the Challenging Behavior in Dementia: A Participatory Observation Study in Nursing Homes

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  • Arezoo Talebzadeh

    (Department of Information Technology, WAVES—iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Shared first authors.)

  • Ine Decoutere

    (Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Shared first authors.)

  • Tara Vander Mynsbrugge

    (Occupational Therapy Department, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Dick Botteldooren

    (Department of Information Technology, WAVES—iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Paul Devos

    (Department of Information Technology, WAVES—iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Francesco Aletta

    (Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, The Bartlett, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, UK)

  • Dominique Van de Velde

    (Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Occupational Therapy Department, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Shared last authors.)

  • Patricia De Vriendt

    (Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Occupational Therapy Department, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Frailty in Ageing (FRIA) Research Group, Department of Gerontology and Mental Health and Wellbeing (MENT) Research Group, Vrije Universiteit, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
    Shared last authors.)

Abstract

Challenging behavior (CB) is a group of behaviors, reactions and symptoms due to dementia, which can be challenging for the caregivers. The study aims to research the influence of acoustics on CB in people with dementia (PwD). An ethnographic method was used to study the daily life of PwD in their nursing homes with a specific focus on how people react to everyday environmental sounds. Thirty-five residents were included in the sample based on purposeful, homogeneous group characteristics and sampling. Empirical data were collected using 24/7 participatory observations. The collected data were analyzed using a phenomenological–hermeneutical method: a naïve understanding, a structural analysis and a comprehensive understanding. The result shows that the onset of CB depends on whether the resident feels safe and is triggered by an excess or lack of stimuli. The excess or shortage of stimuli and whether and when it affects a person is personal. It depends on various factors, the person’s state and the time of day, the nature of the stimuli, familiarity, or strangeness is also a determining factor for the onset and progression of CB. The results can form an essential basis for developing soundscapes to make the PwD feel safe and reduce CB.

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  • Arezoo Talebzadeh & Ine Decoutere & Tara Vander Mynsbrugge & Dick Botteldooren & Paul Devos & Francesco Aletta & Dominique Van de Velde & Patricia De Vriendt, 2023. "The Influence of Everyday Acoustic Environments on the Challenging Behavior in Dementia: A Participatory Observation Study in Nursing Homes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:5:p:4191-:d:1081255
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