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Examines the role of staff education and training for caretakers working with people with dementia, particularly in the context of a care home. Provides guidelines for the implementation of learning strategies for staff, residents, and employers in the care of residents, discussing how effective education programs not only enhance the quality of care but also contribute to good business practices.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction: the context of care for older people in the UK | p. 1 |
| Who are your clients? The demographics of older age | p. 2 |
| What do the clients need from the service and what does it cost? | p. 3 |
| What is the competition in the care sector? | p. 8 |
| Summary | p. 10 |
| References | p. 11 |
| The provision of high-quality care to older people | p. 15 |
| Why is high-quality care important? | p. 15 |
| What is high-quality care? | p. 16 |
| Cost effectiveness | p. 23 |
| Staff training and staff retention | p. 27 |
| References | p. 29 |
| Training in care for older people: the big deal | p. 31 |
| How can education make a difference to the work? | p. 32 |
| The delivery of education and training - What are the alternatives and what do they cost? | p. 39 |
| Summary | p. 44 |
| References | p. 45 |
| Combining aims, action and evaluation in producing change | p. 47 |
| Understanding the values underpinning the approach | p. 47 |
| Setting up a participatory project to achieve change | p. 51 |
| Summary | p. 54 |
| References | p. 54 |
| Setting up the learning environment for care of older people with dementia | p. 57 |
| Introduction | p. 57 |
| The initial contact | p. 57 |
| The organisations involved | p. 59 |
| The programme | p. 60 |
| The expressed needs of the participants | p. 60 |
| The taught part of the course | p. 71 |
| Summary | p. 73 |
| References | p. 74 |
| The pleasure and a little pain of self-directed learning | p. 75 |
| Conclusions | p. 101 |
| Staying in business | p. 101 |
| Staff training and the potential for life-long learning: some general principles | p. 103 |
| Staff training and the potential for life-long learning: the experience of the organisations in the study | p. 104 |
| References | p. 107 |
| Diary entries from Organisation A in the follow-up period | p. 109 |
| Precourse information | p. 119 |
| Index | p. 121 |
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ISBN: 9780748738960
ISBN-10: 0748738967
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 136
Published: 14th December 1999
Dimensions (cm): 16.6 x 23.6
x 0.7
Weight (kg): 0.166
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