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| Awareness, knowledge and application of memory rehabilitation among community psychiatric nurses working with dementia | | Author(s) | Susan M B Cross, Niall M Broomfield, Rachel Davies |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 7, no 3, August 2008 |
| Pages | pp 383-396 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Memory disorders ; Dementia ; Rehabilitation ; Psychiatric treatment ; Psychiatric nurses ; Social surveys ; Glasgow. |
| Annotation | This paper aims to establish the extent to which memory rehabilitation is carried out by community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) working with dementia; to investigate awareness and knowledge of memory rehabilitation and memory processes among CPNs; and to explore the factors that influence deployment of memory rehabilitation advice. Participants were 65 CPNs working in community mental health teams for the elderly (CMHTEs) in Greater Glasgow NHS. They completed specially developed questionnaires exploring knowledge of memory processes and knowledge of memory strategies. Data were collected in a structured group format. It was found that CPNs consider delivery of memory rehabilitation strategies as part of their role, but report limited knowledge of the wide range of potential memory strategies and aids. Specialist training is required to fill this gap in CPNs' knowledge. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080822206 A |
| Classmark | EH: EA: LM: LP: QTK: 3F: 9WC |
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