Equipping staff with the skills to maximise recovery of people with dementia after an injurious fall.

CONCLUSION: Improving outcomes for people with dementia following a fall requires the principles of person-centred care to be enacted by professionals with a generic role, as well as specialist staff. This requires additional training and support by specialist staff to address the wide variability in current practice.
PMID: 30428699 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Aging and Mental Health - November 15, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Bamford C, Wheatley A, Shaw C, Allan LM Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research