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Synthesizes findings from a scoping methodology combining literature review, lateral searches, expert informant interviews, and a stakeholder survey. Examines how meaningful activity is defined and operationalised, highlights gaps in sight-loss-specific evidence, and contrasts perspectives between people with dementia and their caregivers. 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Yet, despite this, little research has focused on a population that has both sight loss and dementia, tending instead to focus on each condition in isolation.\n‘Meaningful activity’ has been linked to quality of care and the health and wellbeing of older people (NICE 2013) and better outcomes for individuals with dementia (Wenborn et al. 2008). Regular engagement in meaningful activity has been shown to reduce severe behavioural symptoms of dementia, reduce reliance upon medicated solutions (Menne et al. 2012), slow functional decline associated with dementia and help to address the challenges of social isolation and ‘problematic passivity’, characterised by a decrease in gross motor movement accompanied by apathy and a lack of interaction with the environment (Conti et al. 2008). Loss of opportunities for, or access to, meaningful activities has been linked with depressive symptoms and affective distress in people with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (Rovner and Casten 2002).\nDespite this, the term ‘meaningful activity’ has rarely been well defined (Marshall and Hutchinson 2001; Phinney 2006). The concept appears difficult to pin down, and precise and/or concise definition remains elusive. A number of terms have been used in the literature to express similar concepts, including ‘personally valued activities or occupations’ (Egan et al. 2014), ‘perceived purposeful activity’ (Roach and Drummond 2014) and ‘valued discretionary activities’ (Rovner and Casten 2002).\nAims of the study\nThe present scoping study was commissioned to explore issues in relation to meaningful activities for people with both dementia and sight loss living in both community and residential settings.\nThe primary aims of the project were:\n•\tTo determine the extent of the evidence base relating to meaningful activity for people with sight loss and dementia, and to summarise what is known;\n•\tTo collect data on the availability and use of guidance, training and other relevant resources in this area; and\n•\tTo provide insights to inform the potential development of new or improved guidelines in this area.\nThe aims of the research have been addressed through a combination of literature review (including online lateral searches), interviews with expert informants, and survey questionnaire on the provision of meaningful activity distributed to relevant stakeholder groups.\nLiterature reviews\nSearches of electronic bibliographic databases identified 985 unique references. These were then filtered for relevance to the research on the basis of article title, leaving 40 apparently relevant items for full text examination. Three of these were subsequently excluded before full text review and three were unavailable within the review timeframe, but two further potentially relevant papers were identified via lateral searches making 36 full texts available for examination. Of these, 25 met the criteria for inclusion (they described or reviewed research studies; related to people with sight loss and/or people with dementia; and focused on meaningful activity) and were reviewed and evaluated.\nThe included literatures relating to meaningful activity for people with dementia and to people with sight loss revealed both similarities and differences in approach. The dementia-specific publications highlighted overarching concerns with best practice based on person-centred approaches. In reviewing the meaning of ‘person-centred care’ in the context of supporting people with dementia, Brooker (2003) identified four key principles: recognising the person with dementia and their carers as being of value in society and as worthy of respect as anyone","cbCaikI5CjbW6aw2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikI5CjbW6aw2","docx",343702,98,"English","# Executive summary\n# Introduction\n# Aims of the study\n# Literature reviews\n# Interviews","[{\"question\":\"Why is meaningful activity important for people with dementia?\",\"answer\":\"Meaningful activity is linked to better quality of care, improved health and wellbeing, and better outcomes. Evidence also suggests it can reduce severe behavioural symptoms and slow functional decline associated with dementia.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the main challenge in defining “meaningful activity”?\",\"answer\":\"The term is rarely well defined, and existing descriptions remain difficult to pin down precisely. 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