title: Postintervention focus groups: toward sustaining care.
abstract: This study examined whether effects of person-centered care and person-centered mentoring were sustained postintervention from the perspective of long-term care nursing staff. Separate focus groups for administration, nurse mentors, and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) were used to assess perception of change in behaviors. CNAs sustained person-centered care skills on the job while nurse mentors experienced less change. With regard to nurse-CNA relationships, a discrepancy in the perceptions of nurses and CNAs was evident. The non-threatening environment of focus groups allowed staff to share their perceptions of the barriers to behavior change needed to sustain the intervention over time.
authors.affiliation: Project RELATE (Research and Education for Living With Alzheimer's and Related Disorders: Therapeutic Eldercare), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kemeny
authors.forename: Iris F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Boettcher
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Deshon
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities; D014481:United States