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The study also tested the levels of cognitive impairment (brain function) and found that this was not related to the resident's assessment of their activity participation.
"It is particularly interesting that cognitive impairment was not found to be related to the residents' activity score whereas staff and family members' rating of a resident's activity level was highly negatively related to their cognitive impairment, such that those with more severe impairment were seen as having lower activity levels," says Professor Moyle.
"There appears to be a wrongly held assumption by staff and family that people with severe or late stage dementia are not capable of leisure activity or that they do not require the stimulation of activities.
"However we can see that although these people see themselves as having low ability, they have the capacity for a lot more.