Journal article
Dementia Care Involvement and Training Needs of Social Services Directors in U.S. Nursing Homes
Journal of gerontological social work, Vol.64(7), pp.851-862
10/03/2021
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2021.1965686
PMID: 34402767
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dementia Care Involvement and Training Needs of Social Services Directors in U.S. Nursing Homes
- Creators
- Jung Kwak - The University of Texas at AustinKevin M. Smith - University of IowaMercedes Bern-Klug - University of IowaKristin Kalin - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of gerontological social work, Vol.64(7), pp.851-862
- DOI
- 10.1080/01634372.2021.1965686
- PMID
- 34402767
- ISSN
- 0163-4372
- eISSN
- 1540-4048
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/03/2021
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307156002771
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