Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Hospital Caregivers (Aim 2)

"Staff Training: Dementia Care Education and Training. The PI, with the support of the research team, will spend 12 weeks training the PES/NA staff. Based on the Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care for Persons with Dementia, the PES staff will receive weekly 20 minute sessions. This study aims to capture the impact of dementia care training on the experience of PES (intervention unit) and NA (control unit) staff to care for patients with dementia. Measures will be completed at baseline, prior to dementia training (T1: baseline), immediately after completion of the training program (T2: 3 months post-baseline) and following the completion of the 1-year intervention period (T3: 12 months post-training)."

"Staff Training: Dementia Care Education and Training. The PI, with the support of the research team, will spend 12 weeks to train the PES/NA staff. Based on the Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care for Persons with Dementia, the PES staff will receive weekly 20 minute sessions. This study aims to capture the impact of dementia care training on the experience of PES (intervention unit) and NA (control unit) staff to care for patients with dementia. Measures will be completed at baseline, prior to dementia training (T1: baseline), immediately after completion of the training program (T2: 3 months post-baseline) and following the completion of the 1-year intervention period (T3: 12 months post-training)."