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Exploring education and training in relation to older people's health and social care
- Authors:
- BURGER Sarah-Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Picker Institute Europe
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 118
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This research, commissioned by Dunhill Medical Trust, evaluates the education and training for the workforce providing care for older people in the UK and looks at the views of health and social care staff on the training they have received. The research involved a knowledge audit involving desk research and telephone interviews with eight stakeholders; qualitative telephone depth interviews with 41 health and social care staff; and a systematic review which analysed the results of 36 studies. The findings cover: the impact of education and training on care; what training should include; barriers to learning; initiatives and best practice models that currently exist; and barriers to provide quality care to older people. The results found a need for tailored training, more continuing professional development, and for more recognition and incentives for those choosing a career in health and social care for older people. Other findings included that existing research is scarce and its results are inconclusive; and the amount and quality of education and training appears to be varied and inconsistent across geographies and professions. The research also found that whilst education and training are important, it found that continuing professional development, access to knowledge and information and a positive and supportive culture were more so. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning: education, training and information in the third age
- Authors:
- SCHULLER Tom, BOSTYN Anne Marie
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 129p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Part of a series looking at issues concerning people aged between 50 and 74.
Comparing nursing home assistive personnel in five countries
- Authors:
- LAXER Katherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 41(1), 2016, pp.62-78.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Assistive personnel are the primary caregivers in long-term residential care (LTRC) in industrialised countries. The authors' goal is to describe and compare the work-related characteristics of assistive personnel in LTRC in five countries (Canada, Germany, Norway, U.K., and U.S), which may reflect how various societies view their responsibility to ageing populations and the workers who care for them. OECD and national statistical databases are used to assess and compare the work context for assistive personnel. Analysis of the statistical data is informed by on-site observations in nursing homes with reputations for high quality, close readings of these organisations’ documents and records, and interviews with LTRC staff. Pay is generally low and the work required of assistive personnel is often demanding in all countries studied. While most assistive personnel have completed high school, formal certification requirements vary considerably. Professionalisation is increasing in Norway with its high school major in eldercare, and in Germany, which has a 2-year certificate programme. Financial compensation for assistive personnel in Norway and Canada is greater than in the other countries. Union membership for assistive personnel ranges from very high in Canada to negligible in the U.S. Some countries studied have training programs of only a few months duration to prepare assistive personnel for highly demanding jobs. However, in Germany and Norway, training aims to professionalise the work of assistive personnel for the benefit of workers, employers, and residents. There are high rates of part-time and/or casual work among assistive personnel, associated with reduced employment-related benefits, except in Germany and Norway, where these benefits are statutory for all. Data suggest that unionisation is protective for assistive personnel, however union coverage data were not available for all countries. The need to improve the qualifications and training of assistive personnel was observed to be a national priority everywhere except in the U.S. Compensation is relatively low in the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, despite the important jobs performed by assistive personnel. Finally, to improve future research, statistical mapping of this critical component of the labour force in LTRC should be a greater priority across high-income countries. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dementia carer education and patient behaviour disturbance
- Authors:
- COEN Robert F., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(4), April 1999, pp.302-306.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study evaluates the impact of a Dementia Carers Education Programme on carer quality of life, burden and well being. The study found the programme increased carers' knowledge about dementia, but had no significant impact on quality of life burden, or well-being. Increased patient behaviour disturbance appeared to be a major factor when the carer's situation worsened over time. Despite high carer satisfaction the efficacy of a group-based education approach to the management of behaviour disturbance in dementia appears limited. Concludes that more intensive or individually tailored interventions may be necessary alternatives.
Learning to grow older and bolder: a policy discussion paper on learning in later life
- Authors:
- CARLTON Sheila, SOULSBY Jim
- Publisher:
- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 104p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Policy discussion paper aiming to encourage wider awareness of the factors obstructing fair access to learning opportunities for older people aged fifty and over. Makes the case for more and better provision targeted towards this age group, for work as well as personal fulfilment.
Intergenerational studies: a multi-disciplinary field
- Authors:
- LARKIN Elizabeth, NEWMAN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 28(1/2), 1997, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Provides a background to Intergenerational Studies which is a new multi-disciplinary field emerging from a growing body of intergenerational research and programme evaluation that is now available to professionals and academics in the fields of child and adult development, psychology, education and gerontology. Argues that the time has come to examine the emerging intergenerational human service field as an academic discipline that draws from a number of different areas of expertise to inform the work if intergenerational specialists. Presents elements of a common knowledge-base that grow out of the goals and outcomes of intergenerational programmes and the intergenerational field, and suggest how Intergenerational Studies might be integrated into the system of higher education.
Refreshing the parts other training can't reach
- Authors:
- HEISER Sue, KNOCKER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(5), September 1996, pp.13-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Most social workers feel their training prepares them hardly at all for the challenges and rewards of working with people with dementia. The authors designed and ran a new style of training course to fill this need.
Training together: a challenge for the future
- Authors:
- NOLAN Mike, KEADY John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, September 1996, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The rise in status of dementia care and respect for its expert practitioners throws the issue of training into the spotlight. The authors open the debate with this overview of current deficits in professional education.
Adult learning styles in eldercare settings
- Author:
- HOWES Pam
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(3), August 1995, pp.17-23.
Describes different adult learning styles that are used in eldercare settings.
NVQs and the European perspective
- Authors:
- HOWES Pam, SHELDON Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(2), May 1995, pp.33-40.
Provides brief background information of the history of carer training within the UK and illustrates some work regarding comparability with some other European countries to identify ways in which a more uniform approach to Vocational Qualifications may benefit the European union as a whole.