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Mementos from Boots multisensory boxes: qualitative evaluation of an intervention for people with dementia: innovative practice

Griffiths, Sarah; Dening, Tom; Beer, Charlotte; Tischler, Victoria

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Sarah Griffiths

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TOM DENING TOM.DENING@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Clinical Professor in Dementia Research

Charlotte Beer

Victoria Tischler



Abstract

This qualitative study explored a multisensory (including olfactory) intervention for people with dementia. Six themed boxes (e.g. Childhood) containing items chosen from the Boots archive designed to encourage conversation were used in weekly group sessions. Session participants were people with dementia and care staff from a local care home, a trained facilitator and archivists from Boots UK. Semi-structured interviews explored participants’ experiences of the sessions. Interviews were analysed using Thematic Analysis. The three major themes Engagement (subthemes: Inclusiveness; Emotional involvement; Factors that supported engagement), What’s in the box (subthemes: Contents stimulate memories; Mystery, variety and age of items; Value of olfactory stimuli), and A conversation starter (subtheme: Opportunity for self-expression) reveal the success of the intervention and the value of olfactory stimuli. Multisensory boxes including olfactory stimulation can be an engaging intervention with scope to refine it for people with dementia and their carers in the wider community.

Citation

Griffiths, S., Dening, T., Beer, C., & Tischler, V. (2019). Mementos from Boots multisensory boxes: qualitative evaluation of an intervention for people with dementia: innovative practice. Dementia, 18(2), 793-801. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301216672495

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 28, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 3, 2016
Publication Date 2019-02
Deposit Date Jun 30, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Dementia
Print ISSN 1471-3012
Electronic ISSN 1741-2684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 2
Pages 793-801
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301216672495
Keywords Care homes, dementia, multisensory interventions, olfactory stimuli, people with dementia
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/824964
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1471301216672495

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