Visiting Out-of-Home Places When Living With Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study: Visiter des lieux hors du domicile lorsque l'on vit avec une démence: étude transversale observationnelle.

BACKGROUND.: Persons living with dementia face a reduction of their life space outside home and disengagement from participation, linked to places visited.

PURPOSE.: This study explored stability and change in perceived participation in places visited outside home and its relationship with occupational gaps among older adults.

METHOD.: Older adults living with ( = 35) or without ( = 35) dementia were interviewed using the Participation in ACTivities and Places OUTside Home (ACT-OUT) questionnaire and the Occupational Gaps Questionnaire (OGQ). Data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistics.

FINDINGS.: The group of people living with dementia reported significantly fewer places ( < .001) visited than the comparison group and having abandoned more places visited ( < .001) than the comparison group. The number of occupational gaps was significantly different between groups ( < .001).

IMPLICATIONS.: Participation outside home is not influenced in a uniform and straightforward way for persons living with dementia; the shrinking world effect appears differently in relation to types of places.