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| Evaluation of the sustained implementation of a mental health learning initiative in long-term care | | Author(s) | Carrie A McAiney, Paul Stolee, Loretta M Hillier |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 19, no 5, October 2007 |
| Pages | pp 842-858 |
| Source | http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_IPG |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Mental disorder ; Dementia ; In-service training ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Since 1998, the Putting the PIECES Together learning initiative has been providing education sessions and related learning strategies aimed at developing the knowledge and skills of health professionals who care for older people with complex physical and mental health needs and associated behaviours in Ontario, Canada. (PIECES is the acronym for Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Capabilities, Environment, Social.) A major focus of this province-wide initiative was the development of in-house Psychogeriatric Resource Persons (PRPs). Evaluation of this initiative included completion of pre- and post-education questionnaires (over three data collection time periods) assessing learning confidence (N=1024 pre- and 792 post-education) and session evaluation questionnaires gathering feedback on the session (2029 across all sessions). A survey of 139 long-term care homes in Ontario (79% of homes in the province) assessed longer-term sustainability. Ratings of the sessions indicated that they were relevant to learners' clinical practice. There were significant increases in ratings of ability to recognise and understand challenging behaviours and mental health problems, and in ability to use a variety of assessment tools. Few homes (15%) do not have a PRP; and more than 50% of the staff who completed the first session in 1999 continue to serve as a PRP and to apply learned skills. Learning initiatives such as Putting the PIECES Together are thus extremely value in contributing to continuing education and quality improvement in in LTC. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071114202 A |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: E: EA: QWD: 4C: 7S |
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