In the last year there have been four published research studies supporting the cognitive and psychosocial affects that the TTAP Method has in Finnish private homes, Finnish Community Day Centers and Finnish Skilled Nursing Facilities. Each day, over the course of the next week I will be summarizing each study.
Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND
June 2009-
Research study publish in June of 2009 study finds the TTAP Method successful in enriching the lives of those Finnish individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in a Community Day Center.
The TTAP Method; Enriching the Daily Lives of Those in a Senior Center for Alzheimer’s Patients.
Master Thesis by Katriina Petulla
"The study, conducted in a community day center located in Northern Finland, utilized a control group and an experimental group. The experimental program designed by the Levine Madori’s Theory was found to significantly enrich the inhabitants lives and added in the increased welfare of those participating in the TTAP Method.
Additional positive findings included staff response to the TTAP Method, which directly increased their participation in the development of more social, emotional and cognitive interactions with the participants and furthered a significant increase in the number of programs that the staff designed and conducted while participating in the TTAP Method research study."
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