Effect of planned training provided to care staff in nursing homes on their attitudes toward the elderly

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of planned training provided to care staff in nursing homes on their attitudes toward the elderly. Materials and Method: The study was conducted between July and September 2018 using the one-group, pre-test-post-test trial model and quasi-experimental study design. The study population comprised 45 care staff members in only one nursing home, and the study sample comprised 38 care staff members. Data were collected through the Information Form, Attitude toward Old People Scale, and Ageism Attitude Scale. Necessary ethical approval and permissions for the study were obtained. Care staff members were provided planned training 3 days per week for a month, and the effectiveness of the training was evaluated pre-and post-test. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the pre-and post-test mean scores of the Attitude toward Old People Scale and Ageism Attitude Scale (Restricting Life of the Elderly, and Positive Ageism and Negative Ageism subscales) (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Planned training provided to care staff positively affected their attitudes toward the elderly and ageism. These results indicate that establishing a planned training program for care staff in a nursing home is important in terms of the quality of care they provide.

Anti-Ageism Social Actions: Lights and Shadows

“…We have not found any policy or law interventions. Ageism interventions were mostly intergenerational interventions [25,27,35,36], educational programmes [30][31][32]37] and interventions that included both educational and intergenerational contact components [28,29,33]. We also found cognitive behavioural therapy [34].…”

“…Ageism intergenerational interventions demonstrated a significant effect on negative stereotypes about ageing [25][26][27][28][29], attitudes [25,[30][31][32][33][34][35], positive behaviour towards older adults [30], knowledge [33], comfort [35], aging anxiety [27,28], death anxiety [34] and well-being in older adults [26], but no significant effects on working with older adults [30] or in affective attitudes toward older adults [28] were found. Although the Intergenerational Artistic Installation of Madrigal et al [36] found an improvement in younger adults' attitudes toward older adults, but not in younger adults' attitudes toward aging.…”

The effect of extended contact with community‐dwelling older adults on the ageist and helping attitudes of home care students: A single‐blind randomised controlled trial

“…Contradictory findings can be found in the literature regarding the effectiveness of interventions to modify the ageist attitudes of healthcare professionals and students. Some researchers found that ageist attitudes can be changed with interventions (Gök Uğur & Hendekci, 2019; Özcan et al, 2013), while others observed no change in attitudes (Pekçetin, 2018b). To our knowledge, there are no studies that evaluate the effectiveness of interventions on the helping behaviours of students.…”