The Adult Sensory Profile™ in Care Homes Targeting People Diagnosed with Dementia: A Qualitative Study from the Care Provider Perspective

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Identified categories, corresponding subcategories, and quotes.

Categories	Subcategories	Quotes illustrating categories
A instrument for better understanding and managing residents with severe dementia	Understanding	“We have become more aware of how we can observe and gain a better understanding of what is happening in his system” (INF5).
	Managing	“It is someone who has problems that we don’t quite understand … by doing that Sensory Profile, we have moved much further towards better understanding what we can do; she is reacting to smells … she is coming further towards reality when there is something for her to smell … meatballs frying or flowers in a vase” (INF3).
Recommendations requires time, adjustment and knowledge	Time	“It is slightly more demanding, but these are the conditions within the elderly sector – then, it is difficult to go in depth with it (ASP); there will be days during which it is simply not prioritized” (INF2).
	Adjustment	“It is highly dependent on how the day has been, how the night has been, there are oscillations, and it is the little things that are needed to not seem disheartened; that is particularly the picture for him, and for others, it is anxiety” (INF1).
	Knowledge	“Yeah, but I was not introduced to it very well. At first, you are told that there are these initiatives that you need to set into action. That is fine, but what is the background for it?” (INF2).
A challenge to convey information to colleagues	Receiving information	“Unfortunately, one feels that informing the team about what we do and why we do it so that everybody understands why we do the things we do provides extra work, and for me, who has been attending all the meetings … it is slightly easier to engage. However, I need to make the others feel that it is just as interesting and the extra effort makes sense and then, it requires that everyone finds it worth trying” (INF5).
	Transfer of information	“It has already spread (to health care providers), and this means that we also use it with other residents; although we know that there are big differences from resident to resident, we can still try some of the same things, e.g., ball blankets and vests” (INF3).; “I sort of have to talk to my colleagues if it is also how they understand it … everyone has been fairly receptive to being a part of it; we are also a relatively small team” (INF5).