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Relationship-Based Care and Behaviours of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities
Joint Authors
Viau-Guay, Anabelle
Guyon, Anne-Céline
Trudel, Louis
Bellemare, Marie
Desrosiers, Johanne
Feillou, Isabelle
Source
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
In long-term care (LTC), person-centred approaches are encouraged.
One such approach, relationship-based care (RBC), aims among other things to reduce residents’ agitated behaviours.
RBC has been used in numerous Quebec LTC facilities over the past decade but it has never been studied.
Objective.
Explore correlations between use of RBC by trained caregivers and the frequency of agitated and positive behaviours of residents with cognitive impairments.
Methods.
Two independent raters observed fourteen caregiver/resident dyads in two LTC facilities during assistance with hygiene and dressing.
Checklists were used to quantify caregivers’ RBC use and residents’ agitated and positive behaviours.
Results.
Scores for RBC use were high, suggesting good application of the approach by caregivers.
Correlation analyses showed that offering residents realistic choices and talking to them during care were associated with both positive and agitated behaviours (P from 0.03 to 0.003).
However, many other components of RBC were not associated with residents’ behaviours during care.
Conclusions.
There were only a few quantitative links between the RBC checklist items and the frequency of agitated or positive behaviours.
Other studies with a more rigorous research design are needed to better understand the impact of relationship-based care on residents’ behaviours.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Desrosiers, Johanne& Viau-Guay, Anabelle& Bellemare, Marie& Trudel, Louis& Feillou, Isabelle& Guyon, Anne-Céline. 2014. Relationship-Based Care and Behaviours of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Desrosiers, Johanne…[et al.]. Relationship-Based Care and Behaviours of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Desrosiers, Johanne& Viau-Guay, Anabelle& Bellemare, Marie& Trudel, Louis& Feillou, Isabelle& Guyon, Anne-Céline. Relationship-Based Care and Behaviours of Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510638
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-510638