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

Diseases

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