PMID- 25632714
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150219
LR  - 20191113
IS  - 1322-7696 (Print)
IS  - 1322-7696 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 3
DP  - 2014
TI  - Barriers to managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: staff 
      perceptions.
PG  - 201-7
AB  - BACKGROUND: Residential aged care facilities are increasingly using 
      pharmacological methods of managing BPSD such as antipsychotics, despite little 
      evidence of effectiveness and high rates of adverse effects. Nonpharmacological 
      approaches to management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia 
      (BPSD) have not been widely implemented in residential aged care, despite 
      reported effectiveness of these strategies. Residential aged care staff opinions 
      on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological approaches to dementia care and any 
      limitations to their use are not well documented. METHODOLOGY: This is the 
      qualitative arm of a broader research project. A 43-point questionnaire was 
      distributed to 6 rural aged care facilities to explore nurses' perceptions of the 
      limitations of five commonly employed non pharmacological and pharmacological 
      interventions in managing BPSD. FINDINGS: Staff reported that some 
      non-pharmacological methods of managing BPSD were not the role of nursing staff. 
      This suggests that other interventions such as increased staffing levels would 
      not be effective in facilitating non pharmacological approaches to managing BPSD.
FAU - Ervin, Kaye
AU  - Ervin K
FAU - Cross, Maddalena
AU  - Cross M
FAU - Koschel, Alison
AU  - Koschel A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Australia
TA  - Collegian
JT  - Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
JID - 9612493
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Dementia/nursing/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mental Disorders/*psychology
MH  - Nursing Staff/*psychology
EDAT- 2015/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/20 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.04.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Collegian. 2014;21(3):201-7. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.04.002.