title: Psychosocial Intervention Use in Long-Stay Dementia Care: A Classic Grounded Theory.
abstract: The objective of this study was to develop a substantive grounded theory of staff psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care. "Becoming a person again" emerged as the core category accounting for staffs' psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. Interview data were collected from participants in nine Irish long-stay settings: 14 residents with dementia, 19 staff nurses, one clinical facilitator, seven nurse managers, 21 nursing assistants, and five relatives. Constant comparative method guided the data collection and analysis. The researcher's theoretical memos, based on unstructured observation, and applicable extant literature were also included as data. By identifying the mutuality of the participants' experiences, this classic grounded theory explains staff motivation toward psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. It also explains how institutional factors interact with those personal factors that incline individuals toward psychosocial intervention use.
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland andrew.hunter@nuigalway.ie.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keady
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Dympna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.affiliation: Kings College London, London, England.
authors.forename: Annmarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grealish
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D005791:Patient Care
keywords: Ireland; dementia; grounded theory; psychology-psychological issues; qualitative research; quality of life