Nursing home staff training in dementia care: A systematic review of evaluated programs

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 818-841

  Kuske, Bettina ^a   Hanns, Stephanie ^b   Luck, Tobias ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Behrens, Johann ^b   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Evaluation; Institutional staff training; Intervention research; Long term care

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSING HOMES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEACHING;

EID: 34548079236     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206004352     Document Type: Review

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