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| Enabling and empowering certified nursing assistants for quality dementia care | | Author(s) | Cornelia Beck, Anna Ortigara, Suzie Mercer |
| Corporate Author | "What Works in Dementia Care" Symposium, Stirling, 1998 |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 3 [Proceedings of the symposium held in Scotland, June 1998, Part 2], March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 197-210 |
| Keywords | Nursing Auxiliary ; Rights [elderly] ; Dementia ; Nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Currently in the US, 1.2 million full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) care for more than 1.5 million residents in nursing homes where 75% of residents have dementia. By the year 2010, the number of residents in these institutions may double. Registered nurses (RNs) make up less than 7% of a home's FTEs. In contrast, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) account for more than 40% of total FTEs. Thus, CNAs serve as the primary caregivers in nursing homes. Typically, CNAs have a high school education or less, and receive little more than minimum wage. Their extensive contact with residents has a tremendous impact on quality of life, but significant barriers limit their caregiving effectiveness. These barriers include poor pay, minimal long-term benefits, and insufficient training, recognition and support for their physically and emotionally labour-intensive care. This paper examines the issues of training CNAs for dementia care by: suggesting an organisational framework for training; giving an overview of the barriers, and reviewing research which has offered solutions; and suggesting research approaches which will deal with recommendations made. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825241 A |
| Classmark | QTE:4UA: IKR: EA: LHB: QW: 3A:6KC: 7T |
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