Dementia education for all


Autoria(s): Travers, Catherine; Lie, David
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

As all hospital staff are highly likely to interact with people living with dementia, education about their needs must be accessible to all staff, not only clinicians. Catherine Travers and David Lie evaluate the results of providing dementia education to non-clinical staff in a large teaching hospital. Dementia training programs offered in the hospital setting can improve staff knowledge and confidence in caring for patients with dementia (Foreman & Gardner 2005; McPhail et al 2009). It’s also been shown that a relatively minor investment in staff education can have noticeable effects on both staff attitudes and hospital practices regarding the care and support of patients with dementia and cognitive impairment (Foreman & Gardner 2005)...

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/64945/

Publicador

Hawker Publications Ltd,

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/64945/2/64945.pdf

http://journalofdementiacare.com/

Travers, Catherine & Lie, David (2013) Dementia education for all. Australian Journal of Dementia Care, 2(6), pp. 28-30.

Direitos

Copyright 2013 Australian Journal of Dementia Care

Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Nursing

Palavras-Chave #110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
Tipo

Journal Article