title: Healthcare assistants' attitudes towards older people and their knowledge about ageing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine healthcare assistants' (HCAs) attitudes towards older people in long-term care settings and their knowledge of ageing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted with a convenience sample of HCAs in three long-term care settings in the Republic of Ireland.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, positive attitudes towards older people were found and there was a relationship between greater knowledge about ageing and more positive attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health services face challenges as a result of changing population demographics and nursing shortages. Continuing education in practice is important and nurses should lead innovations in education for HCAs.
authors: University College Cork, Ireland.
authors: Alice
authors: A
authors: Coffey
authors: Noreen
authors: N
authors: Whitehead
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attitude; Ireland; healthcare assistants; knowledge; long-term care; nursing leadership