Acceptability of personal contact interventions to address loneliness for people with dementia: An exploratory mixed methods study.

Background: Personal contact interventions involve routine visits with a person or animal to address loneliness. Research supports the promise of these interventions to address loneliness among cognitively intact older adults, but little is known about their use with people with dementia.

Objective: To assess the acceptability of personal contact interventions for use to address loneliness with older people with dementia, according to formal and informal care providers.