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Partners in caregiving in a special care environment
— cooperative communication between staff and families on dementia units | | Author(s) | Julie Robison, Leslie Curry, Cynthia Gruman |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 47, no 4, August 2007 |
| Pages | pp 504-515 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Personnel ; Family care ; Communication ; Social interaction ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Results are reported of a randomised controlled evaluation of Partners in Caregiving in a Special Care Environment, an intervention designed to improve communication and cooperation between staff and families of residents in nursing home dementia programmes. Participants included 388 family member and 384 nursing staff members recruited from 20 nursing homes, randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Project staff conducted training sessions on communication and conflict resolution techniques with two groups of the interventions sites: staff and residents' family members, followed by a joint meeting with facility administrators. Families, staff, residents and facility programmes in the intervention facilities all demonstrated positive outcomes from programme participation. Families experienced significant improvement in communicating with staff and in staff behaviours toward them; and spouses of residents increased their care involvement. Staff reported reduced conflict with families and reduced depression; burnout for nurses increased for individuals in the control group but not those in the treatment group. Behavioural symptoms decreased for residents, and facilities implemented more family-focused programmes. Effective staff and family partnerships are critical in caring for residents with dementia. The Partners in Caregiving in a Special Care Environment programme enables these partnerships to develop and thrive, translating into improved experiences for residents, families and staff. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080407202 A |
| Classmark | EA: KX: LHB: QM: P6:SJ: U: TMA: 3F: 7T |
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