PMID- 25430844
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 1472-0795 (Print)
IS  - 1472-0795 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 10
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Staff's views on managing symptoms of dementia in nursing home residents.
PG  - 31-6
LID - 10.7748/nop.26.10.31.e638 [doi]
AB  - Aim To identify the most common and distressing behavioural and psychological 
      symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in nursing homes and to identify staff preferences 
      regarding its behavioural management. Method A descriptive cross-sectional survey 
      was completed by a self-selected sample of 247 staff working in 21 nursing homes 
      in a defined catchment area. The survey contained items relating to experience in 
      aged care work, attitudes towards BPSD, ratings of the importance of certain 
      behavioural strategies for managing BPSD, and the Challenging Behaviour Scale. 
      Results Shouting, wandering and restlessness had the highest incidence, frequency 
      and difficulty ratings. Frequency of BPSD and level of satisfaction with how they 
      were managed had the greatest effect on overall level of difficulty in managing 
      behaviours. Staff rated discussing behavioural concerns at a group level and with 
      senior nursing staff as the most important behavioural strategies. Conclusion A 
      strong relationship was found between frequency and difficulty of BPSD. 
      Therefore, interventions targeted at lowering frequency of BPSD are recommended. 
      Communication across a number of levels may enhance the implementation of 
      behavioural interventions.
FAU - Koder, Deborah
AU  - Koder D
AD  - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, New South 
      Wales, Australia.
FAU - Hunt, Glenn E
AU  - Hunt GE
FAU - Davison, Tanya
AU  - Davison T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Nurs Older People
JT  - Nursing older people
JID - 101084156
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Alzheimer's disease
OT  - behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
OT  - challenging behaviour
OT  - cross-sectional studies
OT  - dementia
OT  - nursing homes
OT  - nursing interventions
OT  - psychomotor agitation
EDAT- 2014/11/29 06:00
MHDA- 2014/11/29 06:01
CRDT- 2014/11/29 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/11/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/11/29 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.7748/nop.26.10.31.e638 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurs Older People. 2014 Nov;26(10):31-6. doi: 10.7748/nop.26.10.31.e638.