The continuous learning needs of personal support workers who care for people living with dementia in long-term care
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Personal support workers (PSWs) in long-term care (LTC) homes provide the most care to people living with dementia, yet receive the least education compared to other healthcare professionals. Informed by adult learning theory, this study investigated PSW perspectives of their dementia-specific learning needs while working in LTC. Interpretive Description guided the secondary qualitative analysis of focus groups with ‘mid-career’ PSWs (n = 39) in LTC. Focus groups were conducted before, during, and after PSWs participated in a dementia-specific training program. Learning needs were attributed to limited preparation during formal PSW education and a lack of continuous education opportunities. The learning needs include understanding dementia, addressing responsive behaviors, person-centered communication and attitudes, and delirium. Learning needs are best met in supportive environments with experiential methods that involve peer learning, feedback, and evaluation. Successful outcomes of learning can be mediated through an openness to dementia education and a good teamwork culture. The study findings underscore the importance of ongoing dementia education tailored to the needs of PSWs, with implications for future training programs aimed at improving dementia care.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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