Gandesha Aarti, Souza Renata, Chaplin Robert, Hood Chloë
Royal College of Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement, London.
Nurs Older People. 2012 May;24(4):26-31. doi: 10.7748/nop2012.05.24.4.26.c9070.
People with dementia are frequently admitted to general wards where their dementia is often unrecognised and related healthcare needs are unaddressed. This article examines how staff view the training they have received in assessing and caring for people with dementia who are admitted to hospital. It reports on the results of the National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals); staff completed questionnaires reporting the sufficiency of their training in 13 main areas related to dementia care. Responses were obtained from 270 doctors, 968 qualified nurses and 541 healthcare assistants (HCAs); 690 worked on medical wards, 677 on surgical/orthopaedic wards and 412 on care of older people wards. Doctors felt more adequately trained than nurses or HCAs. Nurses on medical and surgical/orthopaedic wards thought their training was less sufficient than their colleagues working on care of older people wards. The authors conclude that nurses and HCAs working on wards not specialising in the care of older people should receive increased training in dementia care.
患有痴呆症的患者经常被收治到普通病房，在那里他们的痴呆症往往未被识别，相关的医疗保健需求也未得到满足。本文探讨了工作人员如何看待他们在评估和护理住院痴呆症患者方面所接受的培训。它报告了痴呆症国家审计（综合医院护理）的结果；工作人员填写了问卷，报告他们在与痴呆症护理相关的13个主要领域的培训充足程度。共收到270名医生、968名注册护士和541名医疗助理（HCA）的回复；690人在内科病房工作，677人在外科/骨科病房工作，412人在老年护理病房工作。医生觉得自己比护士或医疗助理接受了更充分的培训。在内科和外科/骨科病房工作的护士认为他们的培训不如在老年护理病房工作的同事充分。作者得出结论，在不专门从事老年护理的病房工作的护士和医疗助理应接受更多的痴呆症护理培训。
