Staff training using STAR: A pilot study in UK care homes

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 911-920

  Goyder, Judith ^a   Orrell, Martin ^a,b   Wenborn, Jennifer ^a   Spector, Aimee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BPSD; care homes; dementia; staff training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; APPROACHES TO DEMENTIA QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ALZHEIMER DISEASE SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING ANXIETY IN DEMENTIA SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVISED MEMORY AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM CHECKLIST; SENSE OF COMPETENCE IN DEMENTIA CARE STAFF; STAFF TRAINING; STAR STAFF FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84860119789     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002559     Document Type: Article

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