Staff attitudes towards institutionalised dementia residents

Abstract

Improvements in staff competency levels will be more important in the future, as a result of the forecasted increase in the percentage of the population who will suffer from dementia and reside in nursing homes.

Attitudes of long-term care staff toward dementia and their related factors

“…Staff attitude might be affected by personal and institutional factors, such as age, work experience, knowledge about dementia, exposure to dementia care, ability to recognize cognitive impairment, and number of dementia residents in the workplace (Macdonald and Woods, 2005;Kada et al, 2009). Staff attitude is also related to work stress which will in turn determine whether they are likely to stay in their job (Zimmerman et al, 2005).…”

Meningsfulle aktiviteter på sykehjemmet

“…Dersom man utelater beboerne med kognitiv svikt, vil man kun få kartlagt interessen til en liten gruppe sykehjemsbeboere. Forskning på ansattes holdninger til sykehjemsbeboere med demens antyder at mange ansatte har liten tro på at denne gruppen har nytte og glede av å delta på aktiviteter (5). Det er lite forskning på hva personer med demens selv opplever som meningsfulle aktiviteter.…”

A multicentre survey of acute hospital nursing staff training in dementia care

“…Research by Kada et al, provided evidence that dementia training for staff increased positive attitudes towards patients with dementia, in addition to improvements in staff competency levels [16] . However in the opinion of Moyle et al, organisational change is also necessary for training to affect acute care outcomes for patients with dementia in the long term [10] .…”