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Improving Nursing Home Communication: An Intervention to Reduce Elderspeak

Author(s) -

Kristine Williams,

Susan Kemper,

Mary Lee Hummert

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/43.2.242

Subject(s) - nursing homes , nursing , intervention (counseling) , certification , sentence , psychology , tone (literature) , nursing assistant , control (management) , medicine , computer science , linguistics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , philosophy

Opportunities for social interaction are lacking within today's nursing homes and staff frequently communicate messages of dependence, incompetence, and control to residents. This study evaluated a brief educational program designed to increase staff awareness of intergenerational speech modifications such as elderspeak and strategies to enhance communication.

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