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Implementing evidence-based training in dementia care for frontline workers in the social care workforce
— reaching the horizon? | | Author(s) | Reba Bhaduri, Caroline Sutcliffe |
| Journal title | Journal of Care Services Management, vol 1, no 3, April-June 2007 |
| Pages | pp 294-302 |
| Source | http://www.henrystewart.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care home staff ; Care support workers ; Care homes ; Usage [services]. |
| Annotation | Previous research has identified an overwhelming demand for training from both care home managers and care staff, particularly in relation to understanding dementia and challenging behaviour. This paper describes a study which assessed the effects of dementia care training on care assistants' performance while working with care home residents with dementia. A training handbook on dementia, devised as a result of this research, formed the basis of the training materials. Following a series of training sessions with care assistants, held either at Manchester University or in the care homes, home managers observed better knowledge and understanding of dementia and skills in communicating in care staff who had received training. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070613213 A |
| Classmark | EA: QRM: QRS: KW: QLD |
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