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Person-centered care and engagement via technology of residents with dementia in aged care facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2017

Anita M. Y. Goh Open the ORCID record for Anita M. Y. Goh [Opens in a new window] ,
Samantha M. Loi Open the ORCID record for Samantha M. Loi [Opens in a new window] ,
Alissa Westphal  and
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Anita M. Y. Goh*
Affiliation:
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia NorthWestern Aged Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
Samantha M. Loi
Affiliation:
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia NorthWestern Aged Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
Alissa Westphal
Affiliation:
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia NorthWestern Aged Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Affiliation:
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia NorthWestern Aged Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia School of Clinical Neurosciences and the Western Australia Centre and Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Anita Goh, Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, Aged Persons Mental Health Program NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne Health RMH Royal Park Campus, Ground Floor, Building 5|34-54 Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. Phone: +61-3-8387-2429; Email: goha@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

Touchscreen technology (TT) is a resource that can improve the quality of life of residents with dementia, and care staff, in residential aged care facilities (RACF) through a person-centered care approach. To enable the use of TTs to engage and benefit people with dementia in RACFs, education is needed to explore how these devices may be used, what facilitates use, and how to address barriers. We sought to provide education and explore RACF staff views and barriers on using TT to engage their residents with dementia. An educational session on using TT with residents with dementia was given to staff from three long-term RACFs in Melbourne, Australia. A cross-sectional convenience sample of 17 staff members (personal care attendants, registered nurses, enrolled nurses, allied health clinicians, and domestic staff) who attended were administered questionnaires pre- and post-sessions. As a result of the education seminar, they were significantly more confident in their ability to use TT devices with residents. TT, and education to staff about its use with residents with dementia, is a useful strategy to enhance RACF staff knowledge and confidence, thereby enhancing the use of technology in RACFs in order to improve care standards in people with dementia.

Keywords

technologyaged careperson-centered carequality of lifedementiaresidential care
Type
Brief Report
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2017 , pp. 2099 - 2103
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2017 

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Footnotes

Institution where work was performed: Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, The University of Melbourne, and St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne).

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