title: A Japanese booklet about palliative care for advanced dementia in nursing homes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A Canadian guide for nursing home staff on comfort care for dementia has been translated and adapted for use in Japan. The present study piloted educational intervention for nursing home staff using the Japanese comfort care booklet.
  
  
  METHODS
  Some 61 nursing home staff (nurses and other care workers) completed a session that included pre-assessment, a 30-minute seminar using the comfort care booklet, post-assessment, and a one-hour debriefing meeting. A Japanese version of the questionnaire on palliative care for advanced dementia (qPAD) scale was used to assess knowledge and attitudes toward palliative care for advanced dementia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants demonstrated a significant increase in knowledge (mean score, 14.3 to 15.1/23, t (60) = 2.35, p=0.011) and attitudes (43.8 to 45.2/60, t (60) = 2.51, p = 0.015) toward palliative care for advanced dementia from pre-assessment to post-assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The educational intervention using the Japanese comfort care booklet may have improved nursing home staff's perspectives on palliative care for advanced dementia.
authors: Chief Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan.
authors: Miharu
authors: M
authors: Nakanishi
authors: Lecturer, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Miyamoto
authors: Principal, Capstone Healthcare and Palliative Care Essentials, Phoenix, Arizona, US.
authors: Carol O
authors: CO
authors: Long
authors: Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Arcand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D064946:Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010174:Pamphlets; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014175:Translating
keywords: Dementia; Education; Nurses; Nursing homes; Palliative care