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- Title
Can staff training reduce behavioural problems in residential care for the elderly mentally ill?
- Authors
Moniz-Cook, Esme; Agar, Sharon; Silver, Miriam; Woods, Robert; Wang, Michael; Elston, Christine; Win, Thein
- Abstract
The effect of a brief in-service training programme on the psychosocial management of behavioural disturbance in residential care is described. Although the incidence of problematic behaviour did not change 3 months after training, staff in the experimental homes reported a significant improvement in their management of problematic behaviour, as compared to the control home. However, these effects were not maintained a year later. The importance of post-training supervision and the sociocultural context of the home in the maintenance of psychosocial intervention in residential settings is discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
HOME care for people with mental illness; OLDER people with mental illness; MENTAL health of older people; PEOPLE with mental illness; CARE of people; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1998, Vol 13, Issue 3, p149
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199803)13:3<149::AID-GPS746>3.0.CO;2-Q