Promoting positive behavioral health: A non-pharmacologic Toolkit for senior living communities

TY - JOUR

T1 - Promoting positive behavioral health

T2 - A non-pharmacologic Toolkit for senior living communities

AU - Resnick, Barbara

AU - Kolanowski, Ann

AU - Van Haitsma, Kimberly S.

N1 - Funding Information: This project was supported by a Commonwealth Foundation Small Grant #20130170 , awarded to Ann Kolanowski and Kimberly van Haitsma. Funding Information: But reducing antipsychotic drug use is only one part of the equation. It was obvious that a vast void in care would be evident if drug reduction is not supplemented by alternative approaches to BPSD. For nursing home staff working in these settings there was a need to be sure they had ready access to current evidence based assessment tools, educational programs, and non-pharmacological interventions that would help prevent and manage BPSD. 8 With funding from the Commonwealth Foundation and the John A. Hartford Foundation, the principal investigators, Ann Kolanowski and Kimberly Van Haitsma, began a year-long project that addressed this critical need. Specifically, the goal of the project was to pool the available resources for staff working in facilities so that these resources would be available in a single location and organized and developed in a way that could be easily disseminated and implemented in real world settings. To achieve this goal a national, interdisciplinary group of geriatric experts was convened. The experts were then further divided into focus areas including Philosophy; Education and Leadership; Assessment; Intervention; System Integration; and Dissemination. The groups worked independently to develop their sections, and materials were then collated and developed into a user friendly format that is now available online at: http://www.nursinghometoolkit.com/ . To further guide the development of the Toolkit, the investigators engaged the community of end-users in the process. Focus groups with direct care staff were conducted to capture their views regarding the types of information they find useful in responding to BPSD and the most effective way of delivering the information. Their suggestions were incorporated into the Toolkit).

PY - 2014/1

Y1 - 2014/1

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U2 - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.12.001

DO - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.12.001

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 24491374

AN - SCOPUS:84893411787

SN - 0197-4572

VL - 35

SP - 7

EP - 8

JO - Geriatric Nursing

JF - Geriatric Nursing

IS - 1

ER -