Journal article
Evaluating the effectiveness of the abilities‐focused approach to morning care of people with dementia
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The abilities-focused approach demonstrated efficacy in promoting engagement of residents with dementia in care. The extent to which these resident outcomes can be replicated when the abilities-focused approach is implemented by nursing staff under the conditions of day-to-day practice was investigated in this study. The aim was to examine changes in resident outcomes before and after nursing staff' implementation of the …
Authors
Sidani S; Streiner D; Leclerc C
Journal
International Journal of Older People Nursing, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 37–45
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2012
DOI
10.1111/j.1748-3743.2011.00273.x
ISSN
1748-3735