Mealtime Interactions between Nursing Home Staff and Residents with Dementia: A Behavioral Analysis of Language Characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Background. Quality staff-resident communication is crucial to promote outcomes in nursing home residents with dementia requiring assistance during mealtimes. Better understanding of staff-resident language characteristics in mealtime interactions help promote effective communication, yet evidence is limited. This study aimed to examine factors associated with language characteristics in staff-resident mealtime interactions. Methods. This was a secondary analysis of 160 mealtime videos involving 36 staff and 27 residents with dementia (53 unique staff-resident dyads) in 9 nursing homes. We examined the associations of speaker (resident vs. staff), utterance quality (negative vs. positive), intervention (pre- vs. post-communication intervention), and resident dementia stage an

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature