Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care

Person-centered care (PCC) for people with dementia is a system of care that is based on the belief that personhood can be maintained despite cognitive impairment. A recently conducted cluster randomized trial (Chenoweth et al., 2009) demonstrated that PCC was effective in reducing agitation in peop...

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Main Authors: Stein-Parbury, J., Chenoweth, L., Jeon, Y., Brodaty, H., Haas, M., Norman, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29613
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author Stein-Parbury, J.
Chenoweth, L.
Jeon, Y.
Brodaty, H.
Haas, M.
Norman, Richard
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Chenoweth, L.
Jeon, Y.
Brodaty, H.
Haas, M.
Norman, Richard
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description Person-centered care (PCC) for people with dementia is a system of care that is based on the belief that personhood can be maintained despite cognitive impairment. A recently conducted cluster randomized trial (Chenoweth et al., 2009) demonstrated that PCC was effective in reducing agitation in people with dementia who were in residential care. This article provides a detailed overview of the PCC intervention arm of the study and describes the training and procedures used to facilitate implementation of PCC. Training emphasized the impact of the social world on the person with dementia and promoted the skills of interpersonal engagement, especially in relation to feeling expression. Facilitated on-site learning involved care planning that included obtaining a life story of the person with dementia and observing social interactions. The success of the PCC intervention was related to this two-pronged approach, which included support from managers. Implementation of PCC requires a whole-of-system approach, which includes formal and informal learning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-296132017-09-13T15:26:49Z Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care Stein-Parbury, J. Chenoweth, L. Jeon, Y. Brodaty, H. Haas, M. Norman, Richard long-term care person-centered care dementia staff training agitation Person-centered care (PCC) for people with dementia is a system of care that is based on the belief that personhood can be maintained despite cognitive impairment. A recently conducted cluster randomized trial (Chenoweth et al., 2009) demonstrated that PCC was effective in reducing agitation in people with dementia who were in residential care. This article provides a detailed overview of the PCC intervention arm of the study and describes the training and procedures used to facilitate implementation of PCC. Training emphasized the impact of the social world on the person with dementia and promoted the skills of interpersonal engagement, especially in relation to feeling expression. Facilitated on-site learning involved care planning that included obtaining a life story of the person with dementia and observing social interactions. The success of the PCC intervention was related to this two-pronged approach, which included support from managers. Implementation of PCC requires a whole-of-system approach, which includes formal and informal learning. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29613 10.1080/07317115.2012.702654 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle long-term care
person-centered care
dementia
staff training
agitation
Stein-Parbury, J.
Chenoweth, L.
Jeon, Y.
Brodaty, H.
Haas, M.
Norman, Richard
Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title_full Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title_fullStr Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title_full_unstemmed Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title_short Implementing Person-Centered Care in Residential Dementia Care
title_sort implementing person-centered care in residential dementia care
topic long-term care
person-centered care
dementia
staff training
agitation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29613