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The effects of relocation on elderly people with dementia and their nursing staff
Author(s) -
McAuslane Louise,
Sperlinger David
Publication year - 1994
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/gps.930091206
Subject(s) - relocation , dementia , nursing , nursing staff , nursing homes , medicine , hospital ward , gerontology , emergency medicine , disease , pathology , computer science , programming language
The effects of relocating 19 patients with dementia and their nursing staff from an old long‐stay hospital ward to a community nursing home were evaluated. Compared with patients who were remaining in hospital, those relocated patients who were still alive at the time of follow‐up showed no evidence of changes in behavioural dependency or the number of problem behaviours. Nursing staff who were being moved, compared to their colleagues, showed more dissatisfaction with their work in the period before the move. Moving patients and staff together may have helped to minimize the impact of the move on the patients, but this study draws attention to the importance of providing support for staff undergoing such changes.