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Table 4 Participant opinions about whether to continue specific adjustments to activities or new initiatives

From: Stimuli changes and challenging behavior in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

N

Yes

No

Don’t know

(More) small-scale activities / activities in smaller groups

175

170 (97.1%)

4 (2.3%)

1 (0.6%)

(More) activities in the living room

174

126 (72.4%)

32 (18.4%)

16 (9.2%)

(More) individual, person-oriented activities

174

168 (96.6%)

1 (0.6%)

5 (2.9%)

Attune to individual to provide more or fewer activities

175

158 (90.3%)

6 (3.4%)

11 (6.3%)

(Spontaneous) activities outside

174

153 (87.9%)

9 (5.2%)

12 (6.9%)

(Spontaneous) activities in the shared spaces

173

84 (48.6%)

64 (37.0%)

25 (14.5%)

Digital activities (e.g., online exercise program, virtual excursion, online bingo)

174

94 (54.0%)

56 (32.2%)

24 (13.8%)

Social robots or robot cuddly toys

175

111 (63.4%)

33 (18.9%)

31 (17.7%)

  1. N participants (%). Participants were not obligated to answer these questions