dc.contributor.author | Moyle, Wendy | |
dc.contributor.author | Venturato, Lorraine | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooke, Marie | |
dc.contributor.author | Murfield, Jenny | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffiths, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Julian | |
dc.contributor.author | Wolf, Nathan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-18T23:27:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-18T23:27:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1041-6102 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S1041610216000296 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/142710 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background:
This 12 month, Australian study sought to compare the Capabilities Model of Dementia Care (CMDC) with usual long-term care (LTC), in terms of (1) the effectiveness of the CMDC in assisting care staff to improve Quality Of Life (QOL) for older people with dementia; and (2) whether implementation of the CMDC improved staff attitudes towards, and experiences of working and caring for the person with dementia.
Methods:
A single blind, non-randomized controlled trial design, involving CMDC intervention group (three facilities) and a comparison usual LTC practice control group (one facility), was conducted from August 2010 to September 2011. Eighty-one staff members and 48 family members of a person with dementia were recruited from these four LTC facilities. At baseline, 6 and 12 months, staff completed a modified Staff Experiences of Working with Demented Residents questionnaire (SEWDR), and families completed the Quality of Life – Alzheimer's Disease questionnaire (QOL-AD).
Results:
LTC staff in the usual care group reported significantly lower SEWDR scores (i.e. less work satisfaction) than those in the CMDC intervention group at 12 months (p = 0.005). Similarly, family members in the comparison group reported significantly lower levels of perceived QOL for their relative with dementia (QOL-AD scores) than their counterparts in the CMDC intervention group at 12 months (p = 0.012).
Conclusions:
Although the study has a number of limitations the CMDC appears to be an effective model of dementia care – more so than usual LTC practice. The CMDC requires further evaluation with participants from a diverse range of LTC facilities and stages of cognitive impairment. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1091 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 1100 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 7 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Psychogeriatrics | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 28 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biomedical and clinical sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 32 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 320299 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 52 | |
dc.title | Evaluating the capabilities model of dementia care: a non-randomized controlled trial exploring resident quality of life and care staff attitudes and experiences | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2016 International Psychogeriatric Association. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Cooke, Marie L. | |
gro.griffith.author | Moyle, Wendy | |