Empowering interventions for people living with dementia: A European survey.
Charlotte T M van Corven, Annemiek Bielderman, Ana Diaz Ponce and 4 others
PMID 35867338WHAT IT FOUND
Dementia professionals named 90 interventions as empowering, but no intervention addressed all empowerment domains.
They included support for identity, choice, activity or inclusion; people living with dementia were not asked whether they felt empowered.
Key findings
0173 professionals named 90 unique interventions they considered empowering for people living with dementia.
02Respondents considered interventions empowering when they promoted choice and control (28), person-centred identity (25), staying active or contributing (22), self-worth (12), or improved relationships and social participation (17).
03No intervention focused on all domains of empowerment.
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What it does not show
Professionals suggested interventions were empowering, but effects on empowerment were not studied. People living with dementia were not asked whether they found the interventions empowering. Respondents were self-selected, familiar with English or Dutch, and reached through specific networks, so other views may be missing. Dutch interventions were overrepresented because the authors' professional network was included. The survey's reliability and validity were not tested beforehand.
Declared interests
The study was funded by ZonMw grant 733050832 and Alzheimer Nederland; authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the list of interventions as proof that they empower people living with dementia. Professionals labelled them empowering, but the effects were not studied and people living with dementia were not asked.