Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

9-27-2024

Keywords

personal support worker, geriatric psychiatry, dementia, co-design, eLearning

Description

People living with dementia often have challenges expressing themselves; this can result in “responsive behaviours”, that is, sometimes aggressive behaviours that can put caregivers at risk (e.g., kicking, hitting, biting, verbal aggression). PSWs learn some strategies in their coursework and can practice those strategies during WIL experiences such as clinical placements. However, PSW students are rarely given the opportunity to co-design their learning. This poster describes a collaborative project between Sheridan College PSW students and the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry )CAGP). The PSW students were given the opportunity to participate in a CAGP eLearning module focused on dementia. The students were asked about the impact of participation on their work-integrated learning (clinical placement in a long-term care home)

Comments

This project was funded by the Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL) Innovation Hub and approved by The Sheridan Research Ethics Board, SREB#2024-03-001-005, and supported by the CAGP’s Board

Faculty

Faculty of Applied Health & Community Studies (FAHCS)

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Original Publication Citation

Grief, C. Giddens-Zuker, L., Sokoloff, L., Al-Bayati, A., Kattimani A. (2024, September 27). Building capacity for PSWs: Co-designing education in geriatric mental health [Poster Abstract]. Sheridan College.

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