Leading by example: Nursing home staff experiences of what facilitates them to meaningfully engage with residents with advanced dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Meaningful connections promote the quality of life of people living with advanced dementia in nursing homes. However, evidence internationally suggests people living with advanced dementia in nursing homes spend the majority of time alone, with little contact with anyone. Frontline care workers are in powerful positions to meaningfully engage with residents, yet research to date has not focused on their experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of nursing home staff, specifically, what care workers feel enables them to meaningfully engage with residents living with advanced dementia.

Methods/design

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 staff from seven nursing homes. Inductive thematic analysis was used.

Results

Four them

SUBMITTER: Haunch K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541111 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature