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The training needs of staff supporting individuals ageing with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- WARK Stuart, HUSSAIN Rafat, EDWARDS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(3), 2014, pp.273-288.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The issue of ageing within the cohort of people with intellectual disabilities has been an increasing focus for research. However, the training needs of the staff who support them has not been subject of extensive examination. Materials and Methods: A multiround Delphi project was conducted focusing upon the impact ageing issues have on the support provided by disability workers, and what training is required to address the identified areas. Results: Three rounds of the Delphi identified twenty-six separate important issues. A thematic analysis identified five main themes including Generic Training Issues; Medical Issues; Emerging Ageing Issues Requiring Changing Support; Mental Health Issues; and Quality of Life. Conclusions: The study identified a series of training priorities for staff assisting people ageing with an intellectual disability. It would appear possible for many training programmes to be developed and delivered with minimal cost impacts even within rural localities. (Original abstract)
Hearing and sight loss: a review of the issues affecting older people: research findings
- Author:
- THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people who acquire both sight and hearing loss in later life have distinct needs from those whose sensory impairments began earlier in life. This is because of the different life experiences they have, and also because they may think that the deterioration in sight and hearing is simply part of ageing. There is a need for further research and understanding of older people with combined sight and hearing loss. The aim of this study was to investigate and to provide recommendations for potential future work in 4 areas: definition and population; needs and circumstances; the services that are required and how they should be evaluated; and the training required by staff. Two methods were used to investigate these issues: a review of the literature; and a workshop with a group of professionals who had experience and knowledge of working with older people with hearing and sight loss. The study highlights the need for continued development of services for this group of people and the evaluation of those services. These services must be underpinned by a greater understanding of the needs of older people with hearing and sight loss and the barriers and challenges they face.
The Open Door Project task force: a qualitative study on LGBT aging
- Authors:
- LANDERS Stewart, MIMIAGA Matthew J., KRINSKY Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(3), July 2010, pp.316-336.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper reports formative qualitative findings from an evaluation of the Open Door Project (ODP), a programme created by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Aging Project. The ODP represents a collaborative effort of 14 Aging Service Access Points in Massachusetts to support and participate in training activities intended to increase their cultural competence with respect to meeting the needs of LGBT older people. Data were collected from Open Door Task Force members; this included 4 focus groups that were held with a total of 22 participants, and interviews that were conducted with 12 key informants from 10 different agencies. The findings revealed that agencies took significant steps to make important and long-lasting structural changes, including changing their diversity and personnel policies, and intake forms to be LGBT inclusive; implementing ongoing staff training initiatives on LGBT issues; and actively involving leadership, including senior managers, executive directors, vendors, and Councils on Aging, in helping to create and sustain organisational change. The article concludes that ODP is an effective model to increase cultural competence in working with aging LGBT communities.
Better prepared for care: the training needs of non-specialist staff working with older people with mental ill health
- Authors:
- LEVENSON Ros, JOULE Nikki
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 39p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report considers the training needs of non-specialist staff working with older people with mental ill health. It concludes that unqualified staff (and in many cases, their managers too) would benefit from a more comprehensive and ongoing approach to increasing their awareness of mental health in older people. This would assist them in recognising possible mental health problems and in promoting mental wellbeing, which would, in turn, lead to better understanding of the needs of older people, better communication, better care and improved health outcomes.
How can we know how they feel?
- Authors:
- LEVENSON Ros, JOULE Nikki
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2007, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article reports on a study, commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation, looking at the training needs of non-professionally qualified and non-specialist staff who care for older people with mental health needs. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 49 care staff and their managers. Their roles included home care workers, residential and day centre workers, and healthcare assistants. The study explored the specific skills, knowledge and understanding that staff need, and any contextual factors that would maximise the effectiveness and sustainability of any training provided, including management and institutional factors. As well as identifying training needs, preferred types of training and barriers to accessing training are identified.
Holistic care for older inpatients
- Author:
- SMY Janis
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.05.06, 2006, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article reports on a team of nurses from Bradford who won a Nursing Times Award for training 'older people's champions' to ensure patients' mental health needs, as well as physical needs, are met.
Tutored to teach
- Authors:
- SHIPPEN Jeanette, ROUSE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.7.96, 1996, pp.44-46.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The authors describe how their team designed a training programme for professional carers of older people with mental health problems.
Caring for older people
- Author:
- STOYLE Jacci
- Publisher:
- Stanley Thornes
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 160p.,tables,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Leckhampton
Examines the care of the 'young old' and the 'old old' in the community and in residential settings. Places the emphasis throughout on learning to understand and appreciate the emotional as well as physical needs of older people. Links theory to practical activities and tasks designed to develop caring skills. Aimed at City and Guilds, BTEC, SCOVTEC and NVQ students.
Understanding the needs of older people: selected list of audio-visual items and training material
- Authors:
- JACKSON Wendy, comp
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Compiled primarily for those planning in-house training in the areas of residential and community care.
Training needs in the area of aging for social professionals and senior population in Portugal
- Authors:
- GONCLAVES Marta, CARAMELO Sergio, RIBEIRO Jose Almeida
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 20(1), 2016, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how the Institute of Public and Social Policies could be useful for Portuguese society in terms of post-graduate training in the area of ageing. Design/methodology/approach: The authors have conducted two focus groups (n=11), one with professionals of one large and three medium size social organisations, and the other with managers of three large, two medium and two small size social, health and civil rights organisations which support the elderly population. While the specific aim of the first focus group was to identify the ageing training needs of professionals, who work with assistance/support to the elderly population, the aim of the second group was to identify the training interests of the retired or pre-retired elderly population. Findings: The results show on the one hand professional’s main challenges in working with elderly population in Portugal, their training needs and what exactly could be an adequate training for them in the area of aging as compared to the existing ones, and on the other hand who are the strongly committed elderly people, what are their training needs and what could exactly be for them an adequate training in the area of ageing as compared to the existing ones. Research limitations/implications: The authors can conclude that both social professionals and senior population in Portugal have a need for a post-graduate training in the area of aging. Practical implications: Only by humanisation at multilevel and a specific training for professionals and for families will we be able to deliver the opportunities and support that the citizens will need to enable them to age well across the life course. Social implications: Given the rapidly changing and complex demography of Portugal it is essential to give attention to training in rethinking the support of the elderly population in Portugal. Originality/value: The authors need to develop empowerment and social inclusion of the elderly population in the society. (Edited publisher abstract)