Brief training to promote the use of less intrusive prompts by nursing assistants in a dementia care unit.
We evaluated the efficacy of a brief staff-training procedure to increase the use of graduated prompting by 2 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) while they helped to dress 3 persons with dementia in a seven-bed dementia care unit. The multiple baseline design across participants showed that CNAs dressed residents with minimal resident involvement during baseline observations. Following brief in-service training, CNAs provided graduated prompts and praise appropriately, suggesting that CNAs can promote active involvement in personal care routines by older adults with dementia.
Engelman
Kimberly K
KK
University of Kansas, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas City 66160, USA. kengelma@kumc.edu
Altus
Deborah E
DE
Mosier
Michael C
MC
Mathews
R Mark
RM
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology