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Results The amount of food eaten by treated patients significantly
increased 10.5% at 8weeks after the initiation of rivastigmine trans-
dermal patch therapy.
Comments This preliminary results might show favourable
effects of rivastigmine transdermal patch therapy on AD patients
with loss of appetite.
Disclosure of interest Study supported by Ono pharmaceutical co.
EW0208
Does participation in the Meeting
Centre Support Programme change
the stigma experienced by people
with dementia?
D. Szcze´sniak , K. Urba ´nska ∗, E. Farina , F.L. Saibene ,
R. Chattat , S. Evans , S. Evans , D. Brooker , M. Orrell ,
I. Hendriks , F. Meiland , R.M. Dröes , J. Rymaszewska
1 Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw,
Poland
2 Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi–Onlus, Fondazione Don Carlo
Gnocchi–Onlus, Milan, Italy
3 University of Bologna, Department of Psychology, Bolonia, Italy
4 University of Worcester, Association for Dementia Studies,
Worcester, United Kingdom
5 University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham,
United Kingdom
6 VU University, Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction TheMeeting Centre Support Programme (MCSP) is a
community-based approach to support people living with demen-
tia and their families. It was developed in the Netherlands and has
been implemented in other European Countries (Italy, Poland and
the UK) within the JPND-MEETINGDEM project.
Aims To assess the relationship between background character-
istics of people with dementia participating inMCSP, mood, quality
of life (QoL) and experienced stigma, and to explore if and how
the experienced stigma changed after 6 months of participation in
MCSP.
Methods A pretest (M1) post-test (M7) control group designwith
matched groups regarding severity of dementia was applied. In
each country, a minimum of 25 participants using MCSP were com-
pared with people with dementia receiving ‘usual care’. Data were
collected with the Stigma Impact Scale, Cornell Scale for Depres-
sion in Dementia, Global Deterioration Scale and two QoL scales
(QoL-AD & DQoL). Differences in background characteristics were
taken into account in the analyses.
Results The preliminary analysis on 116 participants at baseline
shows that the level of stigma was low to moderate. People felt
more socially rejected in the UK than in Poland and Italy. The level
of perceived stigmatization appeared negatively correlated with
QoL areas and positively correlated with negative mood. Changes
after 6 months will be presented.
Conclusions It is expected that after 6 months people living with
dementia participating in MCSP will experience less stigma, as in
contrast with usual care MCSP promotes social integration of peo-
ple with dementia and person-centered support.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW0209
What predicts adjustment to aging
among lesbian, gay and bisexual older
adults?
S. Von Humboldt∗, I. Leal , F. Carneiro
ISPA-Instituto Universitário, William James Center for Research,
Lisbon, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Intervention programs that highlight predictors of
adjustment to aging (AtA) for minority older lesbian, gay and bisex-
ual (LGB) populations are scarce.
Objective The aimof this preliminary study is to build a structural
model to explore whether socio-demographic, health and lifestyle-
related variables, are correlates of AtA in a group of LGB older adults.
Methods The sample comprised 287 LGB older adults aged
75 years old and older. Convenience sampling was used to gather
questionnaire data. Measures encompassed the adjustment to
aging scale, the satisfaction with life scale, demographics and
lifestyle and health-related characteristics. Structural equation
modeling was used to explore a structural model of the self-
reported AtA, comprising all the above variables.
Results The structural model indicated the following signifi-
cant correlates: perceived health (ˇ = 0.456; P < 0.001), leisure
(ˇ = 0.378; P< 0.001), income ( ˇ = 0.302; P< 0.001), education
(ˇ = 0.299; P = 0.009), spirituality (ˇ = 0.189; p <0 .001), sex
(ˇ = 0.156; P < 0.001), physical activity ( ˇ = 0.142; P < 0.001), satis-
faction with life (ˇ = 0.126; P < 0.001), and marital status ( ˇ= 0.114;
P = 0.008). The variables explain respectively 76.4% of the variability
of AtA.
Conclusions These outcomes suggest that policy making and
community interventions with LGB older adults may benefit of
including variables, such as, perceived health, leisure and income,
as thesewere pointed out as significant for this group of older adults
for promoting adjustment to aging in late adulthood.
Keywords Adjustment to aging; Lesbian; Gay and bisexual
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW0210
Predictors of satisfaction with life
among older adults
S. Von Humboldt∗, I. Leal
ISPA Instituto Universitário, William James Center for Research,
Lisbon, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Increasing longevity brings challenges for older
adults’ satisfaction with life (SWL).
Aims This study aims at exploring a structural model of predic-
tors of SWL in a cross-national sample of older adults.
Methods A community-dwelling sample of 1234 older adults
was assessed regarding SWL, sense of coherence (SOC) and socio-
demographic, lifestyle and health-related characteristics. Struc-
tural equation modeling was used to investigate a structural model
of the self-reported SWL, comprising SOC, socio-demographic char-
acteristics (age, sex, education, marital and professional status,
household, adult children, income, living setting and religion),
lifestyle and health-related characteristics (physical activity, recent
disease and medication).
Results Significant predictors are SOC (ˇ = .733; P < .001), reli-
gion (ˇ = .725; P < .001), income (ˇ= .551; P < .001), adult children
(ˇ = .546; P < .001), education (ˇ = –.403; P < .001), living setting
(ˇ = –.292; P < .001) and medication (ˇ= –.197; P < .001). The vari-
ables accounted for 24.8% of the variability of SWL. Moreover,
differences between the four nationality groups (F(3 , 671) = 3.671,
P = .066) were not found concerning SWL.
Conclusions Sense of coherence is the strongest predictor of self-
reported SWL. Other predictors are religion, income, adult children,
education, living setting and medication. The four nationalities
did not present significant differences, concerning SWL. This study
highlights the factors that influence older adults’ SWL, namely, SOC,