Trial reportBMC geriatrics2021
A dementia care training using mobile e-learning with mentoring support for home care workers: a controlled study.
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E-training and Mentoring Support Program on Dementia Care for Home-care Workers
Evaluating a National Person-Centered Training Program to Strengthen the Dementia Care Workforce
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- General Dementia Training for the Social Care Workforce: A Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Completeness of Telehealth Interventions Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials for Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the mHealth Supportive Care Program for Family Caregivers of Individuals With Dementia and Diabetes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Supportive Care Needs and Associated Factors Among Family Caregivers of Elderly Patients With Dementia and Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- The Effect of theJMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Evaluating dementia training programs for home care workers: a scoping review.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Validity and reliability of the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ) in Indonesian health students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review Investigating the International Economic Evidence to Inform the Development of a Career Pathway for Home Support Workers.Public health reviews · 2025Review
- Co-Creating a Synchronous Tele-Education Program With Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using a Participatory Approach: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- A process evaluation of the NIDUS-Professional dementia training intervention for UK homecare workers.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Exploring a career pathway for home support workers in Ireland: a systematic scoping review of the international evidence.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Public Knowledge about Dementia in Poland-A Survey Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A novel approach to improving colonoscopy learning efficiency through a colonoscope roaming system: randomized controlled trial.PeerJ. Computer science · 2023Article
- Confidence in dementia care and care approach toward dementia among the nursing staff in long-term care facilities in China: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Time to reflect is a rare and valued opportunity; a pilot of the NIDUS-professional dementia training intervention for homecare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCaring of older adults with dementia at home can be challenging for home care workers. There is a need to develop suitable training for home care workers to improve the quality of dementia care. We evaluated a 12-week dementia care training including mobile e-learning, social networking, and mentoring support group meetings on the dementia care knowledge, attitude, and competence of home care workers.
methodsThis controlled study involved 140 home care workers from two home care agencies, which were selected from 12 home care agencies in eastern Taiwan. The two home care agencies were randomly allocated either the intervention group or the control group. The intervention group received mobile e-learning, mentor-led online social support networking, and monthly face-to-face mentoring support group meetings. Participants in the control group received 8-h conventional lectures. The primary outcomes were knowledge, attitude, and competence in dementia care. Questionnaires consisting of the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire, and Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff scale were administered to the participants at three time points (baseline, end of the 12-week intervention, and 12 weeks after the end of the intervention).
resultsGeneralized estimating equation analyses showed that the intervention significantly improved the knowledge, attitude, and competence of home care workers on dementia care. The effects remained significant even 12 weeks after the end of the intervention.
conclusionsA 12-week dementia care training program consisting of mobile e-learning, social networking, and face-to-face mentoring support group meetings were found to a feasible approach in improving the knowledge, attitude, and competence of home care workers. Mobile e-learning and online environment provides a platform that is self-directed, flexible, accessible, and cost-effective for training home care workers. The findings provide a call to action for nurse educators and policy makers to re-design existing dementia care training for home care workers to meet the critical home care needs of a growing dementia population.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov. NCT03822286 . Registration date: 27/01/2019. Posted date: 31/01/2019.
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