Nursing Home Staff Intentions for Learned Communication Skills: Knowledge to Practice.

ABSTRACT: Staff education is critical to improving nursing home dementia care practice. However, a lag in translation to practice is a barrier to improving care. As part of a clinical trial testing effects of a communication intervention on behaviors of residents with dementia, participant-reported likelihood of using learned skills in practice was evaluated in relation to organizational and individual factors in 10 nursing homes. The authors hypothesized that organizational and individual factors would influence staff intention to use new skills in practice. Pre-and post-training comparisons confirmed that staff gained knowledge about communication effectiveness. Staff reported high likelihood for using skills in practice based on modified Duke Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Scale scores. Care organ

SUBMITTER: Williams KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4841447 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature