The aim of this study was to describe how non-professional caregivers understood and responded to the problems of everyday life in their interaction with a family member suffering from dementia ...disease. Data were obtained through interviews. The analysis was performed using a comparative qualitative approach. The findings demonstrated how the caregivers' strategies for handling everyday problems varied and reflected a personal understanding of the relative's life history. On basis of these findings and previous research, the implications for therapeutic interventions by occupational therapists were presented and discussed.
The Model of Human Occupation was used to design a program to train and support four dementia patients in daily living activities focused on motor skills and procedural memory. The Assessment for ...Motor and Process Skills showed gains for three of the four, paralleled by a decrease in the amount of support needed from therapists in task performance. (SK)
