Much can be done to maintain and impove the quality of life of people who are living with dementia if their caregivers develop their conversation skills and engage with them in an emotionally intelligent way. We are evaluating the impact of a communication skills training programme we have developed for caregivers. Any suggestions about which scale to use to best assess the commmunicative competencies of family and professional caregivers who are supporting people who are living with dementia would be extremely helpful.
Dear sir,
I recommend you to look at RIAS categories scale. (Roter's Interaction Analysis System). You will see mainly verbal categories but also some non verbal that can you help to search for some publications about the definitions and uses.
Kind regards.
In my article Alnes et al 2011 Marte Meo Counselling: a promising tool to support positive interactions between residents with dementia and nurses in nursing homes, I have used Function supporting elements as a tool for assessing the communicative competencies of caregivers. Function supporting elements is linked to the counselling method Marte meo, but is based on normal communication and shows which elements must be in place for enhancing qualitative good interactions. In the same article I have also named some elements inappropriate interaction. This is based on video observations of interactions between nurse and residents with dementia and is done as qualitative research.
Measuring Communication Competencies in the Care of Patients with Dementia
Please let me know if the reference/site is helpful to you:
Person-Directed Dementia Care Assessment Tool - Wisconsin ...
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p2/p20084.pdf
COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP ... be used to re-assess and measure progress, and identify new areas of focus over ... person's abilities and competencies in care planning. ... new ideas, and evaluate the dementia patient's quality of.
Dennis
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