Can staff training reduce behavioural problems in residential care for the elderly mentally ill?
✍ Scribed by Esme Moniz-Cook; Sharon Agar; Miriam Silver; Robert Woods; Michael Wang; Christine Elston; Thein Win
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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✦ Synopsis
The eect of a brief in-service training programme on the psychosocial management of behavioural disturbance in residential care is described. Although the incidence of problematic behaviour did not change 3 months after training, sta in the experimental homes reported a signi®cant improvement in their management of problematic behaviour, as compared to the control home. However, these eects were not maintained a year later. The importance of posttraining supervision and the sociocultural context of the home in the maintenance of psychosocial intervention in residential settings is discussed.