To Make People With Dementia Forget About Forgetting: Experiences from a Daily Care Center (LOJNHC) - Lupinepublishers
Characterized by progressive physical and cognitive dysfunction, Alzheimer’s disease has some adverse effects on
life quality of patients and their families. This study held to determine the impact of the Blue House Alzheimer’s
Patients and Patient Relatives Center in life
of mild Alzheimer’s patients has a pattern of descriptive qualitative
research. Eleven patients whose Standardized Mini Mental Test
score is over 27 have been individually interviewed thoroughly. The data
obtained as a result of the study has been transcribed and
analyzed on interview outputs and the themes have been determined. It has been determined that the patients were feeling lonely and unhappy
before they applied to the Blue House, but
they started to feel better and made friendships because they went out
of their home thanks to the Blue House. It is seen that the
patients establish positive relationships with their friends, willingly
join the activities and feel themselves valuable in the Blue
House.
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