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Building capacity and resilience in the dementia care workforce
— a systematic review of interventions targeting worker and organizational outcomes | | Author(s) | Kate-Ellen J Elliott, Jennifer L Scott, Christine Stirling |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 24, no 6, June 2012 |
| Pages | pp 882-894 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Employment ; Personnel ; Adjustment ; Morale ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Given that dementia is increasingly affecting every health and social care system in the world, it is paramount that the dementia care workforce is well-trained, particularly in light of problems of staff retention and turnover. Training interventions will need to increase worker and organisational capacity to deliver effective patient care; but it is not clear which training interventions best enhance workers' capacity. A review of the evidence for dementia care training interventions to enhance worker capacity and facilitate organizational change is presented. A systematic literature review of randomised intervention studies aimed to enhance some aspect of dementia care worker or workforce capacity such as: knowledge of dementia; psychological well-being; work performance; and organisational factors, such as retention or service delivery in dementia care. 74 relevant studies were identified, but only six met inclusion criteria for the review. The six studies selected focused on worker and organisational outcomes in dementia care. All interventions were multi-component, with dementia education or instructional training most commonly adopted. No interventions were found for community settings. Variable effects were found for intervention outcomes, and methodological concerns are raised. The rigour of scientific research in training interventions that aim to build capacity of dementia care workers is poor, and a strong need exists for evaluation and delivery of such interventions in the community sphere. Wider domains of interest such as worker psychological health and well-being need to be examined further, to understand capacity-building in the dementia care workforce. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026088 A |
| Classmark | EA: WJ: QM: DR: DQ: 64A |
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