title: Use of state hospital staff to provide training for staff of community residential facilities.
abstract: State hospital staff and other hospital resources in a region of Washington State were used to train staff of community residential facilities in the care of persons with serious mental illness. Forty-six staff members from 17 community facilities received week-long training in the program's first year. Participants expressed a high level of satisfaction with the program, and facility administrators indicated that it had a positive impact on the overall quality of services in their facility. The annual staff turnover rate among participants was dramatically lower than among other staff in the community facilities.
authors.affiliation: Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training, Tacoma, WA 98498, USA.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003479:Curriculum; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D012112:Residential Facilities; D014861:Washington; D000078329:Workforce