Advancing Research on Person-Centered Communication in Dementia Care

Chair(s)

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  Clarissa Shaw, PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  College of Nursing
  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Co-Chair(s)

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  Carissa Coleman, PhD

  Research Assistant Professor
  School of Nursing
  University of Kansas
  Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Discussant(s)

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  Marie Savundranayagam, PhD, FGSA

  Associate Professor
  School of Health Studies
  Western University
  London, Ontario, Canada

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Clarissa Shaw, PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  College of Nursing
  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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  Kaitlyn Campbell

  Registered Nurse
  School of Nursing
  University of Pennsylvania Hospital
  Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• YP

  Yelena Perkhounkova, PhD

  Statistician Manager
  College of Nursing
  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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  Wen Liu, Ph.D., RN

  Associate Professor
  Nursing
  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Communication is an essential component to achieving person-centered care. However, few measures exist for measuring person-centered communication and methods vary widely on measuring communication. The purpose of this symposium is to provide an overview of methods and recent findings related to research on person-centered communication. Four presentations will highlight a variety of methods and a variety of populations. Presentation one compares the congruence of communication by hospital nurses in a simulated care setting to communication during actual care encounters with hospitalized patients with dementia. Presentation two evaluates the impact of validation by family caregivers to persons living with dementia (PLWD) using a time sequential analysis of second-by-second coding of the caregiver’s communication and the PLWD behavioral response. Presentation three introduces the Changing Talk Scale (CHATS) as a tool to measure gains in knowledge of person-centered communication in the nursing home setting. Presentation four determines the impact of person-centered care versus task-centered care on mealtime behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia using a psychometrically established behavioral coding scheme and time-sequential approaches. Communication strategies to use with PLWD frequently lack sufficient evidence to be deemed effective or person-centered. Advanced methods are needed to understand what constitutes person-centered communication based on behavioral responses and other health outcomes off PLWD. This symposium provides an overview of these methods with formal and informal caregivers and PLWD in varied care settings including the community, hospitals, and nursing homes.

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Establishing the Validity of Simulation to Capture Elderspeak Communication in Dementia Care
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Clarissa Shaw, PhD, RN – University of Iowa
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Responses of Persons Living with Dementia to Validating Communication by Family Caregivers: A Secondary Analysis
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Kaitlyn M. Campbell – University of Pennsylvania Hospital
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  The Changing Talk Scale (CHATS): A Tool to Measure Gains in Knowledge of Person-Centered Communication
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Yelena Perkhounkova, PhD – University of Iowa
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Temporal Relationships of Person- and Task-Centered Dementia Care and Mealtime Behaviors: Sequential Analysis
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Wen Liu, Ph.D., RN – University of Iowa