title: [Contributions to the quality of care in homes for the aged from a psychogeriatric nursing home].
abstract: The knowledge and experiences of the staff of a psychogeriatric nursing home can be used to improve the care for residents with psychogeriatric problems of a home for the aged. Staff members of the nursing home Nieuw Toutenburg in Noordbergum taught psychogeriatrics in eleven homes for the aged. Subsequently a psychologist and a nurse provided additional support during eight months. The use of care-schemes and staff meetings concerning the care-planning for the residents were introduced. In the homes for the aged knowledge about psychogeriatrics tested by 89 course participants increased and remained stable over a period of at least three months. The care organization in the homes had changed: systematic reports about the residents with psychogeriatric problems were made and staff meetings for care-planning were regularly held. These changes persisted over at least three months after the staff of the nursing home had withdrawn.
authors.affiliation: Gerontagogisch Centrum van de Hanzehogeschool, Hogeschool van Groningen (GCG).
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: van der Ende
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gerritsen
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Wolffensperger
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Boom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Bijdragen aan de kwaliteit van zorg in verzorgingshuizen vanuit een psychogeriatrisch verpleeghuis.