Perceived health and working life in caregivers from nursing homes that used or did not use nighttime personalized non-pharmacological therapies to address residents' behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

K Boussoufa; E Lesclide; S Bonin-Guillaume; M Campana; M Grino; C Franqui

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.08.027

Perceived health and working life in caregivers from nursing homes that used or did not use nighttime personalized non-pharmacological therapies to address residents' behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

Geriatr Nurs. 2024 Aug 30:60:28-31. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.08.027. Online ahead of print.

Authors

K Boussoufa¹, E Lesclide¹, S Bonin-Guillaume², M Campana³, M Grino⁴, C Franqui¹

Affiliations

¹ Alzheimer Short Stay Unit, State Geriatric Center, Marseille, France.
² Internal Medicine and Geriatric Department, Marseille University Hospital, Marseille, France; Institut des Neurosciences des Systèmes, Inserm UMR 1106, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
³ Cognitive-behavioral Mobile Unit, State Geriatric Center, Marseille, France.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, State Geriatric Center, Marseille, France. Electronic address: michel.grino@cgd13.fr.

PMID: 39216214
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.08.027

Abstract

Dementia is frequent in nursing home (NH), affecting between 40 and 50 % of the residents and is associated in 90 % of the cases with behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) which are detrimental to caregivers' working life and perceived health. We compared perceived health and working life between NHs that used or did not use nighttime personalized non-pharmacological therapies (PNPT) to address BPSD. This anonymous survey included 96 caregivers from 25 NHs which used (n = 69) or not (n = 27) nighttime PNPT. Perceived health, nursing and medical care, quality of care and internal motivation were significantly higher, stress symptoms and workload were significantly lower and there was a tendency to enhanced satisfaction with work in caregivers from NHs which used nighttime PNPT. Our present data open a new window on the benefits of PNPT.

Keywords: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; Formal caregivers; Non-pharmacological therapies; Perceived health; Quality of care; Satisfaction with work.