A dementia communication training intervention based on the VERA framework for pre-registration nurses: Part I developing and testing an implementation strategy

People living with dementia experience progressive difficulty in expressing physical and emotional needs. Health care staff including student nurses require training to develop compensatory communication strategies. However, there is no standardised foundation level dementia communication training within pre-registration curricula.

Source: Nurse Education Today - February 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Corina Naughton, Chloe Beard, Vasiliki Tzouvara, Anne Pegram, Rebecca Verity, Rhiannon Eley, David Hingley Source Type: research