EDUCATION ON COMMUNICATION WHILE WEARING FACEMASKS USEFUL DESPITE THE END OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY

Clarissa Shaw, Kristine Williams, Carissa Coleman, Lynn Nakad · 2024

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Clarissa Shaw and co-authors build training for talking with nursing home residents while masked in this 2024 paper. Face masks muffle speech and hide expressions, which strains care for residents with dementia. Masks still return during outbreaks of lung infections. The team created a thirty-minute web course called CHATO-PPE from a literature scan and interviews.

Short videos show a care visit going wrong, then right, using clear speech and person-centered habits. Twenty-six nursing home caregivers piloted the course. Their confidence in dementia care rose clearly after it. Nearly all said they would recommend it and use its tips. Learners also said the habits help even without masks.

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CREATORClarissa Shaw, Kristine Williams, Carissa Coleman, Lynn Nakad
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE2 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11689452

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