None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study will evaluate the effectiveness of an instrument that has been developed to assist aged care staff in assessing and managing challenging behaviours in residents with dementia. The instrument is a systematic, step by step procedural tool that can be used by care staff to identify or eliminate the various physical, psychological and environmental causes of challenging behaviours in residents with dementia, and provides various strategies for managing these behaviours. It is anticipated that training staff to use the instrument will enable them to implement it within their care routines, and that effective use of the instrument will benefit staff by reducing the occurrence or impact of challenging behaviours in residents with dementia, and by alleviating the stress and strain on staff that care for these residents.
Interventions
There will be three treatment conditions. CONDITION ONE: Aged care staff participants in condition one will receive training in the use of an assessment and management instrument for challenging behaviours in residential care. This training will involve a single two-hour session and will be conducted as a group session by one of the investigators. Condition one participants will also participate in a single session, two-hour educational workshop designed to teach aged care staff how to identify
There will be three treatment conditions. CONDITION ONE: Aged care staff participants in condition one will receive training in the use of an assessment and management instrument for challenging behaviours in residential care. This training will involve a single two-hour session and will be conducted as a group session by one of the investigators. Condition one participants will also participate in a single session, two-hour educational workshop designed to teach aged care staff how to identify and manage the causes of challenging behaviours in aged care residents with dementia. Staff who participate in the educational workshop will also receive three months of fortnightly clinical support visits, carried out by an experienced clinician. CONDITION TWO: Aged care staff participants in condition two will receive the educational workshop and three months clinical support, but they will not receive the training session in the use of the assessment and management instrument. CONDITION THREE: Aged care staff participants in condition three will receive the training session in the use of the assessment and management instrument, but they will not participate in the educational workshop or receive the three months of clinical support.
Sponsors
Deakin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Factorial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Residents: Aged care residents with dementia who present with behavioural and psychological symptoms that are identified by facility managers as challenging Staff: Aged care staff who work with the resident population in this study
Exclusion criteria
Residents: Aged care residents that do not have a dementia diagnosis or do not present with challenging behaviours and psychological symptoms, residents with a diagnosis of schizophrenia Staff: Aged care staff that do not work with the resident population used in this study
Outcome results
None listed