A staff training intervention to improve communication between people living with dementia and health-care professionals in hospital: the VOICE mixed-methods development and evaluation study
Abstract:Background
Twenty-five per cent of hospital beds are occupied by a person living with dementia. Dementia affects expressive communication and understanding. Health-care professionals report a lack of communication skills training.
Objectives
To identify teachable, effective strategies for communication between health-care professionals and people living with dementia, and to develop and evaluate a communication skills trainin… Show more
“…The expectations for future training programs are mostly in line with the international literature about effective training programs [21]. Already existing well-developed and evaluated training programs, such as the “Getting to Know Me” program [10, 11], the “VOICE” training course [12], or the “PCTAH” program [20] can be used as potential examples of good science and practice for Germany and Greece.…”