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An Action Research Approach to Implementing a Program for Sharing Meaningful Moments With Hospitalized Patients Living With Dementia.

Meaningful moments are brief, non-pharmacological person-centered interactions or activities that evoke positive emotions in hospitalized patients living with dementia and connect them to their history, identity, or surroundings. The aim of the study was to (a) identify key elements of an innovation...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Gerontology Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 643 - 655
Main Authors: Coker, Esther, Sue, Joanna, Mersereau, Liz, Hewston, Patricia, Marr, Caroline, Matarazzo, Sophia, Vehra, Afeef, Papaioannou, Alexandra
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2026
Subjects:
Psychotherapy
Elder care
Nurses
Documentation
Human services programs
Diffusion of innovations
Social workers
Psychologists
Qualitative research
Focus groups
Occupational roles
Evaluation of human services programs
Quantitative research
Patient-centered care
Professions
Motivation (Psychology)
Patient-professional relations
Action research
Hospital care of older people
Health facilities
Psychosocial factors
Patient participation
Health care rationing
Treatment of dementia
Repeated measures design
Auditing
Research funding
Academic medical centers
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Long-term health care
Medical case management
Descriptive statistics
Nurse practitioners
Thematic analysis
Workflow
Attitudes of medical personnel
Research
Adult education workshops
Electronic health records
Health care reminder systems
Health facility employees
Dementia patients
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