Abstract Enriched living environments that contain a wide array of personal memorabilia and memory-stimulating cues have the potential to support cognitive functioning. The purpose of this ethnographic research was to describe the care environments of older adults with cognitive impairment living in nursing homes (n = 42), to evaluate the degree to which these environments contained memory-stimulating cues, and to understand the extent to which these environments were cognitively stimulating for older adults with dementia. Results indicated varying levels of enrichment both within and between homes, with nearly a quarter of the residents living in environments that contained no memory-enhancing stimuli.

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认知障碍疗养院居民的记忆丰富环境的存在

摘要 包含大量个人纪念品和记忆刺激线索的丰富生活环境有可能支持认知功能。这项民族志研究的目的是描述住在疗养院 (n = 42) 的有认知障碍的老年人的护理环境，评估这些环境包含记忆刺激线索的程度，并了解这些线索的程度环境对患有痴呆症的老年人具有认知刺激作用。结果表明，家庭内部和家庭之间的丰富程度各不相同，近四分之一的居民生活在没有记忆增强刺激的环境中。