[Training and representation of dementia of workers in nursing homes].

Soins Gerontol

Institut du Bien Vieillir Korian, 32 rue Guersant, 75017 Paris, France.

Published: June 2016

Training could be a lever for improving the quality of care of residents with dementia in nursing homes by changing social representations. Beyond a simple assessment of acquired knowledge, a change of social representations could be indicative of a true appropriation of the content of the training. A study was carried out to assess the impact of training on nursing home caregivers' representations of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

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