ACT Domain | Code | Definition |
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Activity situations | Downtime | Default; any transition time between activities; time spent with family/visitors |
Television | Situated in area where television is on | |
Meals and snacks | Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks that are not part of activity group | |
Activity groups | Organized activity at LTC facility or outing with LTC facility that is not EAAP | |
Bus | Time when resident is approaching bus, on bus, or getting off bus | |
EAAP | Organized EAAP session; time in the arena or on outdoor trail | |
Time use | Gaze: engaged | Evidence of attention to something in environment |
Position and movement: walk | Evidence of walking with/without AD or self-propel with w/c | |
Conversation | Participation in conversation: any type of conversation; can be nonsensical-word salad; must be social in nature-cannot be just mumbling to self | |
Participation | Any type of activity that the person is doing | |
Emotional well-being | Agitation | Restlessness, pacing, repetitious sentences, requests for attention, complaining, negativism, and cursing |
No apparent affect | No movement of eyes, face, or body | |
Anger | Clenched teeth, grimace, shout, yell, curse, berate, push, physical aggression or implied aggression such as fist shaking, pursed lips, eyes narrowed, knit brow | |
Anxiety/fear | Furrowed brow, motoric restlessness, repeated or agitated motion, facial expression of fear or worry, tremor, tight facial muscles, calls repetitively, hand wringing, legs jiggling, eyes wide | |
Sadness/depression | Cry, tears, moan, sigh, mouth turned down at corners, eyes/head turned down and face expressionless, wiping eyes | |
Interest | Eyes follow object, intent fixation on object or person, visual scanning, facial, motoric, or verbal feedback to other, eye contact maintained, body or vocal response to music, turn body or move toward person or object | |
Pleasure | Smile, laugh, stroking, touching with approach manner, nodding, singing, arm or hand outreach, open-arm gesture, clapping; signs of warmth/affection |
Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; ACT, Activity in Context and Time; EAAP, equine-assisted activities program.