What is it about?
People with dementia are not always receiving optimal care while in hospital. This article reports on the findings of a hospital staff survey to identify barriers and enablers to implementing best practice dementia care in two hospitals in Victoria, Australia.
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Why is it important?
In order to improve hospital care provided to people with dementia, we need to understand the barriers to providing quality care. The findings from our staff survey identified the environment, inadequate staffing levels and workload, time, and staff knowledge and skills as barriers to implementing best practice dementia care.
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The survey findings highlighted hospital staff perceived barriers to implementing best practice dementia care that can be used to inform locally tailored improvement interventions.
Joanne Tropea
Melbourne Health
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This page is a summary of: Caring for people with dementia in hospital: findings from a survey to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing best practice dementia care, International Psychogeriatrics, November 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s104161021600185x.
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