Elderspeak communication and pain severity as modifiable factors to rejection of care in hospital dementia care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rejection of care (RoC) occurs when persons living with dementia (PLWD) withstand or oppose the efforts of their caregiver. Improvements in hospital dementia care are needed, and one way to address this need is by identifying factors that lead to RoC, particularly those that are modifiable. Elderspeak communication is an established antecedent to RoC among PLWD in nursing homes. The purpose of this study was to extend these results to acute care settings by determining the impact of elderspeak communication by nursing staff on RoC by hospitalized PLWD.

Methods

Care encounters between nursing staff and PLWD were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded for semantic, pragmatic, and prosodic features of elderspeak. RoC behaviors was scored in real-time using t

SUBMITTER: Shaw CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9378618 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature