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| A video-based intervention on and evaluation of nursing aides' therapeutic communication and residents' agitation during mealtime in a dementia care unit | | Author(s) | Lene Levy-Storms, Lesley M Harris, Xiao Chen |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition in Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol 35, no 4, October-December 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 267-281 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Aggression ; Meals services ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Therapeutics ; Communication ; Training [welfare work] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | In this study the researchers conducted a communication training intervention for certified nursing assistants (CNAs). The intervention aimed at improving CNAs' therapeutic techniques for relating to agitated residents during care. This study focused on an in-depth evaluation of mealtime interactions using videos. 16 CNAs and 16 residents living with dementia from one long-term care facility were videotaped during mealtime interactions before and after a therapeutic communication training programme. Mixed-effect Poisson regression revealed no effect of the intervention as a whole on residents' refusals, but the intervention did improve CNAs' communication. Additional analyses using specific CNAs' therapeutic communication behaviours indicated a significant negative association with refusals at post-test but not pre-test. The findings suggest some communication mechanisms for how the intervention positively influenced residents' refusals. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170120205 A |
| Classmark | EA: EPB: NR: QTE:4UA: LL: U: QW: 4C |
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