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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)
A home-based individualized information communication technology training program for older adults: a demonstration of effectiveness and value
- Authors:
- ARTHANAT Sajay, VROMAN Kerryellen G., LYSACK Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 11(4), 2016, pp.316-324.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Purpose: To demonstrate the effectiveness and value of a home-based information communication technology (ICT) training program for older adults. Methods: Thirteen older adults were provided in-home ICT training by graduate occupational therapy students using an iPad. The breadth and frequency of ICT use, perspectives on technology, and perceived independence were recorded at baseline, during the 3-month training and at follow-up, along with an end-of-study questionnaire. Non-parametric Friedman analysis was conducted to verify trends in the outcome measures. The qualitative data were examined by content analysis. Results: Participants’ breadth of ICT activities showed a significant trend across 6 months. Leisure accounted for the significant increase, while health management and social connections activities increased modestly. A positive trend in participants’ perspectives on technology was evident along with a marginal increase in perceived independence. Participants’ perspectives were thematically categorised as technology experiences, interactions with coach, training approach, and specific activities. As reflection of the training program’s value, 12 of the 13 participants took ownership of the iPad at the end of the study. Conclusion: Building capacity of older adults to utilise the multifaceted potential of ICT is critical in addressing declines in health, impending disabilities, and social isolation. (Publisher abstract)
Hydration and older people in the UK: addressing the problem, understanding the solutions
- Author:
- WILSON Lisa
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- London
This action plan outlines the key factors resulting in dehydration for older people (particularly vulnerable older people) and highlights the need for urgent reform in both regulation and policy with regard to this issue. Dehydration can have a severe impact on health and well-being, leading to functional and long term health problems, particularly in older people, but as yet this is rarely reflected in the development of nutrition and health policy. Hydration remains an area of health and social care policy which continues to be overlooked, often due to the mistaken assumption that it is included as a part overall nutritional care. The report considers five main areas of hydration policy and practice: raising awareness, good practice, screening, workforce training and research to better understand the current situation and the gaps in ensuring good hydration across all care settings. It also presents the challenges and solutions to drinking and hydration issues for older people whether living independently, in care homes or during hospital stays. There are many effective projects aiming to address hydration issues in the UK. The effectiveness of small, inexpensive interventions in addressing hydration issues and their associated health risks has been proven and some of those case studies are presented here. (Edited publisher abstract)
Analysis and review of staff training regarding care for older people
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Catherine
- Publishers:
- IRISS, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This is one of a series of reports which forms part of the PROP (Practitioner Research Older People) Programme, a partnership between the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) at the University of Edinburgh and IRISS about health and social care for older people. The programme came about as part of the ‘Reshaping Care for Older People Services Agenda’. It was funded through ‘The Agenda for Change fund, and also received support from the Scottish Government’s Joint Improvement Team. This report was compiled with the intention of reviewing the reablement training programme provided by West Lothian Council. It also aims to contribute evidence-based research through practitioner research, the focus being on improving the care of older people and improving the use and usefulness of research to those providing care. The report considered staff views on reablement training in West Lothian, which comprised two days intensive training followed by two weeks on-the-job supervised training. The training was largely successful in achieving its goals of improving workforce knowledge of reablement, and changing the mind set of participants about working practices. The report notes areas where future training could be improved in respect of long term conditions, motivational techniques, managing challenging behaviour, and more training on aids and adaptations. (Original abstract)
Training, geography, and provision of aging services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults
- Authors:
- KNOCKEL K. Abel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 55(5), July 2012, pp.426-443.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults avoid needed medical, social and long-term care, and hide their identities when they do access such services. The aim of this study was to explore the readiness of providers of ageing services to provide culturally appropriate services to LGBT clients. An online survey was conducted of leaders of 320 Area Agencies on Aging to understand their services, training, and beliefs about serving LGBT older adults. The findings showed that few agencies provided LGBT services or outreach. One-third had trained staff around LGBT ageing and four-fifths were willing to offer training; these numbers were significantly higher for urban-based agencies. Agencies that had provided staff training and urban-based agencies were more likely: to provide LGBT outreach and services; to believe in addressing LGBT issues; and to receive LGBT assistance requests. Training, policy, organising, and research implications are discussed.
Enhancing computer self-efficacy and attitudes in multi-ethnic older adults: a randomised controlled study
- Authors:
- LAGANA Luciana, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(6), August 2011, pp.911-933.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The aims of this study were to test and refine a new measure of attitudes toward computer technology in older adults, and to test whether a training programme enhanced older adults' computer technology attitudes and self-efficacy. The participants were 96 volunteer community-dwelling adults from ethnically diverse populations aged 52 to 94 years living in Los Angeles County, California. The study involved testing one group of participants before and after 1 to 1 computer training (provided once a week for 6 weeks) aiming to increase their computer technology attitudes and self-efficacy; the control group were assessed twice but did not received any training until after completing the second assessment. Testing was carried out using the new Older Adults' Computer Technology Attitudes Scale, and the existing Computer User Self-Efficacy Scale. The article reports that the revised Older Adults' Computer Technology Attitudes Scale used for the study was found to show strong reliability, and analysis demonstrated that the training programme induced significant changes in attitudes and self-efficacy. The researchers note that the findings indicate that the enhancement of computer attitudes and self-efficacy in old age is feasible, and that this suggests a strong potential for teaching computer technology to ageing individuals from various ethnic groups.
Care-giving in dementia: contours of a curriculum
- Author:
- MIESEN Bere
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 9(4), November 2010, pp.473-489.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The problems confronting people with dementia and their families are discussed, elaborating various factors that determine how they cope with the trauma of the disease. Against this background, the tasks for professional care-givers are then identified. The authors suggest that care-giving in dementia is a speciality that should be based on a high level of expertise and a professional approach. Core topics are then set out, forming the building blocks for a curriculum, with areas based on the relational perspective of caring for people with dementia. The authors conclude that to ensure a high standard of professional care-giving in dementia, such training is necessary as a life-long attachment alone is not enough.
Caregiving: its role in medicine and society in America and China
- Author:
- KLEINMAN Arthur
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 35(2), June 2010, pp.96-108.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This paper examines the undervaluation of caregiving in contemporary biomedical training and practice. Using a cross-cultural approach, it highlights the institutional structures, practices and values that support an increasingly technocratic and bureaucratic model of care in biomedicine as it is organised in China and the United States. Drawing from personal experience as caregiver to his wife (a sufferer of Alzheimer’s disease) as well as from ethnographic research into local moral experiences of illness, suffering and healing in varied contexts, the author shows that this biomedical model of care fails to attend to the basic, socially grounded conditions, needs and concerns of patients and their loved ones as they suffer, endure and confront the genuine existential reality of the human condition. The author concludes that caregiving, or recognising and addressing those conditions, needs and concerns that shape suffering and illness experience, must be a central component of training and practice if clinicians are to realise a more humane, just, and ethical model of biomedicine.
Life story work in practice: aiming for enduring change
- Authors:
- GIBSON Faith, CARSON Yvonne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 18(3), May 2010, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Life story work is a recognised methodology used to preserve identity, enhance communication and enrich wellbeing for older people, especially those who have dementia. This article reports on a training and development project designed to establish life story work through dementia care services in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland. Between November 2008 and May 2009, a trust-wide project was introduced to establish life story work in all its residential and day care facilities serving people with dementia. This account describes the first phase of the project, exploring the outcomes and implications of this innovation for staff carers and their managers, as well as raising issues concerned with establishing innovatory practice. Training was undertaken by 29 staff from 15 facilities, and comprised 4 half-day training sessions provided by Reminiscence Network Northern Ireland. Over 6 months, 29 books were prepared, and in general the process was much enjoyed and participants were extremely proud of their books. This article discusses commitment from managers; the life story book template; training and practice development; feedback from staff; obstacles and distractions; participants’ responses; celebrating the project; follow up; and achieving enduring change.
Active communication education (ACE): a program for older people with hearing impairment
- Authors:
- HICKSON Louise, WORRALL Louise, SCARINCI Nerina
- Publisher:
- Speechmark
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 94p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brackley
This small group training programme is designed to help those over the age of 50 with hearing impairment to become more effective communicators in everyday life. It encompasses activities that can be challenging for older people with hearing impairment including: using the telephone, listening to the television, going to a restaurant and conversing at mealtimes. The programme is divided into a series of six modules: Communication needs analysis; Conversation in background noise; Conversation around the house; Communication with difficult speakers; Listening to other signals; and, Listening to PA systems. Each module includes photocopiable handouts that cover a detailed discussion of each communication activity, possible solutions, practical exercises, home exercises and feedback. The programme is written for health professionals, including audiologists, speech and language therapists and nurses working in the community. It was successfully trialled in Brisbane and is aimed at improving communication, reducing social isolation and improving overall quality of life and well-being.