患有痴呆症的居民对他们的建筑环境的看法:德国养老院的行走访谈研究
Anne Fahsold1,2, Kathrin Schmüdderich1,2, Martina Roes1,2
1Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V., Standort Witten, Northrine-Westfalia, Germany.
Innovation in aging
|July 18, 2024
概括
养老院的痴呆症患者认为他们的生活环境是整体的,整合了身体和社会方面. 他们的经验凸显了建筑环境如何影响独立和社区,为护理设施设计提供了宝贵的见解.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 痴呆症护理 痴呆症护理 痴呆症护理
背景情况:
- 长期护理设施的建筑环境对居民的生活质量和执行日常活动的能力产生重大影响.
- 现有的评估工具,如德国环境审计工具 (G-EAT),已经被调整,但往往缺乏痴呆症患者的观点.
- 了解居民对环境的体验对于改善护理环境至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索患有痴呆症的居民如何体验养老院的建筑环境.
- 将痴呆症患者的观点纳入了解他们的生活空间.
- 收集见解,以提高痴呆症护理环境的设计和评估.
主要方法:
- 在两个养老院,对14名诊断为痴呆症或表现出痴呆症症状的住户进行了散步采访.
- 包括那些能够用德语口头表达自己的居民.
- 分析了转录的音频数据,研究人员的现场笔记和照片,使用解释性的现象学方法.
主要成果:
- 确定了三个核心主题:居民对个性化空间的感受,建筑环境对独立性的影响,以及社区生活的体验.
- 居民认为物理和社会环境之间的界限是流动的,将整个养老院视为他们的生活环境.
- 研究结果显示,生活空间的体验比传统的结构定义更广泛,更完整.
结论:
- 痴呆症居民的生活经验提供了一个重要的视角,补充了现有的评估数据.
- 养老院环境的体验是整体的,包括身体和社会层面.
- 这项研究扩大了对痴呆症护理机构"生活环境"的理解,为未来的评估和设计提供了信息.
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