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| Care staff attitudes and experiences of working with older people with dementia | | Author(s) | Wendy Moyle, Jenny E Murfield, Susan G Griffiths |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 30, no 4, December 2011 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, December 2011 |
| Pages | pp 186-190 |
| Source | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajag.20... DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00470.x |
| Keywords | Care home staff ; Attitude ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The aim was to determine care staff attitudes to dementia, assess levels of job satisfaction, and explore how these attitudes and experience may relate to each other. 49 staff from four long-term care facilities in Queensland and New South Wales. were surveyed using the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire and the Staff Experience of Working with Demented Residents Questionnaire. Attitudes were positive, focusing most on 'person-centred' care (4.35) as opposed to 'hopefulness' (3.66). Job satisfaction was also good, being highest in terms of 'resident contact' (2.92) but lowest for work 'environment' (2.12). Care staff attitudes to dementia were positively correlated with job satisfaction (r= 0.366, n= 48, P= 0.011), particularly for attitudes focused on 'person-centred' care (r= 0.393, n= 48, P= 0.006). The findings suggest an important relationship between care staff attitudes and levels of job satisfaction. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-120914202 A |
| Classmark | QRM: DP: EA: KX: 3F: 7YA |
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