Background Optimal care for families living with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD) has the potential to improve their lives. However, ADRD care remains under-implemented among healthcare professionals, partly due to professionals’ limited ADRD training and inexperience. Professional training might help, but most training is in person, time-intensive, and does not focus on the potential of early detection, client empowerment, and cultural competency. We aimed to explore the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of an online ADRD training, The Dementia Update Course, which addressed these issues. We hypothesized that the Dementia Update Course would lead to increased levels of perceived ADRD care competency among healthcare professionals.

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医疗保健专业人员远程痴呆教育培训的可接受性和初步有效性

背景为患有阿尔茨海默病和相关疾病 (ADRD) 的家庭提供最佳护理有可能改善他们的生活。然而，ADRD 护理在医疗保健专业人员中的实施仍然不足，部分原因是专业人员的 ADRD 培训有限且经验不足。专业培训可能会有所帮助，但大多数培训都是面对面的、时间密集的，并且不关注早期发现的潜力、客户授权和文化能力。我们旨在探索解决这些问题的在线 ADRD 培训“痴呆症更新课程”的可接受性和初步有效性。我们假设痴呆症更新课程将提高医疗保健专业人员的 ADRD 护理能力水平。