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Can staff training reduce behavioural problems in residential care for the elderly mentally ill?
Author(s) -
MonizCook Esme,
Agar Sharon,
Silver Miriam,
Woods Robert,
Wang Michael,
Elston Christine,
Win Thein
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199803)13:3<149::aid-gps746>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - psychosocial , residential care , intervention (counseling) , context (archaeology) , psychology , mentally ill , social environment , training (meteorology) , medicine , gerontology , challenging behaviour , nursing , psychiatry , mental health , intellectual disability , paleontology , physics , mental illness , meteorology , political science , law , biology
The effect of a brief in‐service training programme on the psychosocial management of behavioural disturbance in residential care is described. Although the incidence of problematic behaviour did not change 3 months after training, staff in the experimental homes reported a significant improvement in their management of problematic behaviour, as compared to the control home. However, these effects were not maintained a year later. The importance of post‐training supervision and the sociocultural context of the home in the maintenance of psychosocial intervention in residential settings is discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.