@inbook{e90897980bfd4b7e9cffa25eca156202,
title = "Occupational therapy in nursing home",
abstract = "Greater longevity has increased chronic diseases such as dementia leading to a higher number of people admitted to nursing home (NH). When admitted to a NH people with dementia experiment social withdrawal, reduced engagement in active and passive activities that result in low quality of life perception. Occupational therapists in NH play an important role against residents{\textquoteright} loneliness and identity loss in particular for people with dementia because they promote activity engagement interventions and other non-pharmacological multicomponent interventions improving quality of life, functioning, cognitive decline and preventing BPSD.",
keywords = "Dementia, Environment, Nursing home, Occupational therapy, Psychosocial intervention",
author = "Barbara Manni and Laura Gitlin and Glenda Garzetta and Lesley Collier and Andrea Fabbo",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-35731-3_6",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030357313",
series = "Occupational Therapy for Older People",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing AG",
pages = "101--124",
booktitle = "Occupational Therapy for Older People",
address = "Switzerland",
}