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 nursing staff and 27 residents with moderately severe to severe dementia in 9 nursing homes. Mixed-effects models was used to examine the relationships between factors and language characteristics in staff-resident mealtime interactions. The independent variables were speaker (resid

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10517558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature