JAVA Memory Care program: Facilitating social and occupational engagement for older adults living with advanced dementia.

Background And Objectives: Residents in aged care homes often report lack of life purpose and meaning and limited opportunities to contribute to their community. The JAVA Memory Care program is designed to facilitate engagement for older adults with advanced dementia. This study explored whether JAVA Memory Care engaged such adults meaningfully, on social and occupational levels, within one Australian residential care home.

The residential environment impact scale: Benefits and barriers to implementation in the Australian residential aged care facility context.

Unlabelled: The organisational, physical and social environment within residential aged care settings greatly influence its residents' sense of autonomy, choice and control and their ability to engage in meaningful occupations. Identifying to what extent these environmental contexts are supportive and well-coordinated could assist with promoting meaningful engagement of residents. The Residential Environment Impact Scale (REIS) was developed to measure the impact of the physical and social environment on residents.

Peer-enabled staff training in residential care settings as means for promoting person-centred dementia care.

Person-centred care (PCC) is regarded as best practice within dementia care, however there is a gap between the understanding and the implementation of this type of care practice. The Peer Enablement Program (PEP) incorporates a group problem solving model for promoting PCC of residents with moderate to advanced dementia living in care facilities. Trained PEP facilitators introduced the program to selected staff from an organisation with 99 facilities across Australia.