Moving Forward: Evaluating a Curriculum for Managing Responsive Behaviors in a Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Population

Abstract

GPA appears to be a useful and positive approach for providing care to an inpatient geriatric psychiatry population. Specific body containment techniques may be less useful when employed with patients who have responsive behaviors. The program evaluation suggests that application of the GPA curriculum may be extended to patients with diagnoses other than dementia.

An Education Intervention to Enhance Staff Self-Efficacy to Provide Dementia Care in an Acute Care Hospital in Canada

“…59 Three months posttraining, incidents of aggressive behavior had declined significantly by 50%. Study participants were very satisfied with all aspects of the program and reported that the physical redirection techniques were useful but required practice to maintain appropriate skill level.…”

What works in delivering dementia education or training to hospital staff? A critical synthesis of the evidence

“…For 13 studies outcomes of training with regard to reaction (65%) were reported, elements of learning were reported in 18 (90%), behaviour change in four (20%) on and outcomes/results in three (15%). In the reporting of only one study was evidence to assess all four Kirkpatrick levels presented (Speziale et al, 2009).…”

Does the Behavioral Science Curriculum in a Private College Fit the Needs of the Job Market?

“…An in-depth examination indicates that the majority of evaluation studies focuses on the results of the curriculum and its effectiveness. Examples abound: An evaluation was conducted on a curriculum for treating the elderly, which examined the curriculum's effectiveness and its results (Speziale, Black, Coatsworth-Puspoky, Ross, & O'Regan, 2009). Another study examined the impact of a national mathematics curriculum on the way teachers functioned (Haser & Star, 2009).…”