Facilitating ADLs by caregivers of persons with dementia: the C3P model

The purpose of this paper is to explicate a change model for caregivers of persons with dementia to assist them in facilitating meals in the home, at community-based programs and in institutional settings. Building on a Social Ecological Model, the C3P Model-Change the Person, Change the People, Change the Place offers a clear method to adapt care strategies to foster independence while providing appropriate support as the person with dementia cognitively and functionally declines. Meals are highly embedded within a culture and are ritualized events within a family requiring an individualized approach when modifications are needed.