A systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions for BPSD in nursing home residents with dementia: From a perspective of ergonomics

Background:<br/>Non-pharmacological interventions for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) have been developed; however, a systematic review on the effectiveness of this type of intervention from a perspective of ergonomics is lacking. According to ergonomics, the capabilities of Persons with Dementia (PwD) should be...

Light Design to improve Activity Behavior of Demented Elderly in the Nursing Home

This graduation project was setup as a collaboration between Delft University of Technology faculty of Industrial Design Engineering and Philips Lighting. The project focuses on lighting for demented elderly in a nursing home. Demented elderly suffer from disturbances in information processing in the brain. This causes not only memory deficits...