ABSTRACT

This study describes social services directors’ involvement in dementia care in U.S. nursing homes, focusing on interest in and needs for dementia care training. Respondents were 924 social service directors from U.S. nursing homes. We found that 87% of social service departments engaged in cognitive assessment; 59% of social services directors were strongly interested in dementia care training, and 23% would need up to 10 hours of preparation time or would not be able to train staff on dementia-related care. Multinomial logistic regression analysis (n = 836) revealed that, in comparison to having no interest in dementia training, age, years of experience in nursing homes, outside mental health contracting, barriers to staffing, and hours needed to prepare dementia training predicted varying interest in dementia care training. These findings demonstrate social services directors’ active involvement in dementia care and need for training.

摘要

本研究描述了社会服务主管在美国疗养院中参与痴呆症护理的情况，重点关注对痴呆症护理培训的兴趣和需求。受访者是来自美国养老院的 924 名社会服务主管。我们发现87%的社会服务部门从事认知评估；59% 的社会服务主管对痴呆症护理培训非常感兴趣，23% 的人需要长达 10 小时的准备时间或无法对员工进行痴呆症相关护理培训。多项逻辑回归分析 (n = 836) 显示，与对痴呆症培训不感兴趣相比，年龄、在疗养院的多年经验、外部心理健康合同、人员配备障碍以及准备痴呆症培训所需的时间预测了不同的兴趣在痴呆症护理培训中。