ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL FOR SPECIAL CARE UNITS

这个项目的目标是开发一种将教育护理的产品- 给予者在长期护理环境中对身体的治疗作用 环境，并提供针对设施的详细评估 环境修改建议支持以下需求 患有痴呆症的居民。研究表明，多达70%的 长期护理环境中的个人患有精神错乱或痴呆症。 然而，养老院最初是作为亚急性医院发展起来的， 旨在为慢性疾病或其他无法治疗的疾病提供医疗护理的 疾病，从而满足居民的非医疗需求 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症表现出显著的 挑战。具体地说，这个项目将开发一种环境 评估方案，以帮助长期护理机构诊断 痴呆症患者居住环境的适宜性 (在第一阶段开发，将在第二阶段进一步验证)； 制作环境敏感性培训材料以增加 意识到环境在护理这方面的治疗作用 人口(第二阶段)；它将创造一个环境变化 增加信息访问权限的推荐程序 实施相关环境修改所必需的(第二阶段)。 接受调查的管理人员表示，绝大多数人支持这种类型的 产品。 建议商业应用：绝大多数长期护理 在设计环境时不了解 痴呆症患者。很少有设施可以建造替代设施 建筑，但许多都能够翻新。本产品提供 环境敏感度培训、特定设施评估以及 为修改环境而付出代价的详细建议 几乎所有长期护理机构都负担得起。

The goal of this project is to develop a product that will educate care- givers in long-term care settings on the therapeutic role of the physical environment and provide a facility-specific assessment with detailed recommendations for environmental modifications support the needs of residents with dementia. Research has suggested that as many as 70% of individuals in long-term care settings suffer from confusion or dementia. However, nursing homes were originally developed as sub-acute hospitals, intended to provide medical care for chronic or otherwise untreatable diseases, hence meeting the non-medical needs of residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias presents a significant challenge. Specifically, this project will develop an environmental assessment protocol to aid long-term care facilities in diagnosing the appropriateness of their environment for residents with dementia (developed in Phase I, to be further validated in Phase II); it will produce environmental sensitivity training materials to increase awareness of the therapeutic role of the environment in caring for this population (Phase II); and it will create an environmental modification recommendation procedure that increases access to the information necessary to implement relevant environmental modifications (Phase II). Administrators surveyed indicated overwhelming support for this type of product. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The vast majority of long-term care settings were designed without an understanding of the needs of individuals with dementia. Few facilities can build replacement buildings, but many are able to renovate. This product provides environmental sensitivity training, a facility-specific assessment, and detailed recommendations for environmental modifications at a price affordable to virtually all long-term care settings.