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10 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 384 (2020)
Training Needs on Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia for Professional Caregivers in Residential Homes: A Qualitative Study

handle is hein.journals/techssj10 and id is 384 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 10, 384-393, August 2020 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL www.techniumscience.com Training needs on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia for professional caregivers in residential homes: a qualitative study Pinazo-Clap~s, Carolina Universidad de Valencia, Spain carolinapinazo@gmail.com Pinazo-Hernandis, Sacramento Universidad de Valencia, Spain sacramento.pinazo@uv.es Abstract. The behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia are very predominant in the disease, aggravating the suffering of people with dementia and increasing the physical and emotional burden professional caregivers are exposed to. Despite being so present in nursing homes, professional caregivers do not always have adequate training or the tools needed to deal with these situations. Objectives: to determine what knowledge professional caregivers in residential centres have about behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; to evaluate how behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with dementia are managed by professional caregivers in residential centres; and to know the training needs perceived by professional caregivers in behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Professionals (in the fields of psychology, nursing coordination and geriatric assistance) from residential centres for the elderly were interviewed and a qualitative analysis of the interviews was carried out. The results show that most professionals do not know the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia or how to cope with them and have low levels of knowledge. This study highlights the need to design and provide ongoing training in the residential setting on the management of these symptoms. Keywords. Dementia. Training needs. Nursing homes. Professional caregivers. 1. Introduction Dementia is a major public health problem as it is considered to be the first cause of loss of autonomy in older people (Aranda & Calabria, 2019). In Spain, this pathology already affects 5.8% of persons over 65 years of age and 9.4% of persons over 70 years of age. Furthermore, the figures for this disorder are increasing exponentially and this will represent a great challenge for health and economic systems worldwide in the coming years (Leiros et al., 2018). Residential facilities for the elderly are increasingly dealing with more elderly with dementias (Abellan et al. 2018). At the 1996 International Conference on Behavioural Disorders of Dementia, the term Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) was coined to designate a heterogeneous set of psychological reactions, psychiatric symptoms and abnormal behaviours 384

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