title: Aged care managers' perceptions of staff preparedness for caring for older survivors of genocide and mass trauma in Australia: How prepared are aged care workers?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate aged care managers' perceptions of staff preparedness for working with older people who experienced genocide or mass trauma earlier in their lives (referred to in this paper as 'older survivors').
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey of 60 aged care service managers was conducted (50% response rate). Trauma knowledge and skills scales with Cronbach's alpha scores of 0.74 and 0.90 respectively, were used. Scores across groups were compared using Student's t-tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three-quarters of the respondents reported that their agency had provided aged care services for older survivors. The majority of these managers perceived their staff to be moderately informed about trauma-related issues and half rated staff trauma-related skills positively. These ratings were positively associated with trauma-related staff training, service type and service location.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that, overall, managers perceive a need to improve aged care staff's preparedness for providing care for older survivors.
authors.affiliation: Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teshuva
authors.affiliation: Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D063365:Genocide / Q000523:psychology*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000523:psychology*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010465:Perception; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: aged care workers; genocide; mass trauma; older trauma survivor; staff preparedness; trauma knowledge and skill