Evaluating the Utility of a Structured Clinical Protocol for Reducing the Impact of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Progressive Neurological Diseases: A Pilot Study.

Conclusions: Staff training and clinical support in the use of a structured clinical protocol for managing BPSD were linked to reductions in staff job stress, which may in turn increase staff capacity to identify indicators of resident distress and respond accordingly. Site variation in outcomes may relate to organisational and workforce-level barriers that may be unique to the RAC context and should be systematically addressed in future RCT studies of larger PND samples.
PMID: 29785228 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Behavioural Neurology - May 24, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Ryan NP, Scott L, McPhee M, Mathers S, Davis MC, Maule R, Fisher F Tags: Behav Neurol Source Type: research