San Rocco Study: Implementation of the Non-pharmacological Therapies for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Home

"The San Rocco study encompasses a training on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology. It allows the professional caregiver to methodological definition of the non-pharmacological interventions and a comparison of shared readings of the challenging behaviors by the group of colleagues. Participants will follow:~* Five meetings, lasting 11 hours overall, on the multidimensional assessment, the shared readings of behavioral disorders of each person and identification of the objectives through the discussion of cases, and administration of non-pharmacological therapies within the framework of the personalization of the interventions~* Five meetings, lasting five and a half hours, for the supervision of the staff which implement the non-pharmacological therapies.~As usual control group Participants will continue the usual care activities and non-pharmacological interventions already in use in the Nursing Homes without participating in the training."