Moving Online: A Pilot Clinical Trial of the Changing Talk Online Communication Education for Nursing Home Staff.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Staff-resident communication is a critical part of nursing home (NH) care. Reducing elderspeak and increasing person-centered communication has been shown to reduce behavioral symptoms experienced by persons living with dementia. An online version of a successful classroom-based communication-training program that reduced staff elderspeak and resident behavioral symptoms was evaluated. The objective of this study was to establish feasibility and determine the preliminary effects of the online program in preparation for a national pragmatic clinical trial.

Research design and methods

Seven NHs were randomized to immediate intervention or wait-list control conditions. The NHs were provided with the web-based training program that staff individually ac

SUBMITTER: Williams KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599177 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature