The content of education for direct caregivers
| dc.contributor.author | Kusmaul, Nancy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-01T16:08:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-01T16:08:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-10-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Direct caregivers in nursing homes are the certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who provide the majority of hands-on care. This study administered a knowledge instrument to a sample of CNAs () employed at nursing homes in a northeastern city to evaluate their knowledge in the domains of aging, cognition, and mental health. This study found that despite working with older adults on a daily basis, the CNAs had less than average knowledge in these areas. They demonstrated deficits in knowledge in all three domains. Implications for CNA education and regulation are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The author acknowledges the Mark Diamond Research Fund of the University at Buffalo for funding this study. She also acknowledges the assistance of Drs. Deborah Waldrop, Tom Nochajski, and Elaine Davis. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03601277.2015.1059142?journalCode=uedg20 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 13 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2taea-pevd | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nancy Kusmaul (2016) The content of education for direct caregivers, Educational Gerontology, 42:1, 19-24, DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2015.1059142 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2015.1059142 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19047 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC School of Social Work | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | This is the submitted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology on 15 Oct 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03601277.2015.1059142. | |
| dc.title | The content of education for direct caregivers | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |