Nurses wanted training, but did not believe that training alone was sufficient to improve care, expressing that more integrated working between acute and mental health services was also needed. Liaison mental health services provide a way to deliver both training and a more integrated service.
Understanding more about those factors that are associated with knowledge about dementia will help to identify profiles of carers who are in need of education and in matching individually tailored interventions to carers with specific learning needs.
a complex intervention for delirium prevention in care homes is feasible and has the potential to improve staff practice and outcomes for residents. This work provides the basis for the next phase of the evaluation to establish its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
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