INTERNET LEARNING FOR FAMILIES OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

描述：为居住在护理行业的160万美国人的家庭 家庭，继续建设性地参与居民的护理是一种 挑战和主要压力源。设施和家庭之间的冲突是 共同的和干扰的理想目标的“照顾中的伴侣”，其中 专业人员和家庭共同努力，以优化居民成果。 为了实现这一目标，针对两个家庭的核心教育课程 和疗养院工作人员在临床问题和沟通技巧上 必不可少的。这项SBIR建议是开发基于互联网的互动视频 向长期护理居民的家庭提供教育的制度。这个 第一阶段的原型将侧重于为家庭提供痴呆症教育；以及 评估获得的知识和用户满意度。对于第二阶段，我们将开发 并测试针对常见临床条件的家庭的综合课程， 法律/监管问题、参与护理和沟通技能。这个 第二阶段研究将比较家庭教育和员工教育的共同影响； 单独的员工教育；单独的家庭教育；以及标准教育 在客观衡量驻地成果、工作人员更替、 员工和家庭的满足感。在员工教育方面，我们会使用 我们已经开发的基于计算机的互动视频课程 之前的NIA基金。 建议的商业应用： 数十亿美元的药品、护肤品和其他产品被销售给护理人员 每年回家一次。这些公司将有兴趣赞助该网站以 向长期护理的消费者(家庭成员)推广自己的产品。护理 家庭连锁店可能也有兴趣为居民家庭提供教育，以改善 “顾客满意”。

DESCRIPTION: For the families of 1.6 million Americans residing in nursing homes, remaining constructively involved in the care of the resident is a challenge and major stressor. Conflicts between the facilities and families are common and interfere with the ideal goal of "partners in care," in which professionals and families work together towards optimizing resident outcomes. In order to achieve this goal, a core curriculum of education for both families and nursing home staff on clinical issues and communication skills is essential. This SBIR proposal is to develop an Internet-based interactive video system to deliver education to the families of long-term care residents. The Phase I prototype will focus on providing dementia education for families; and assess knowledge attained and user satisfaction. For Phase II we will develop and test a comprehensive curriculum for families on common clinical conditions, legal/regulatory issues, participation in care, and communication skills. The Phase II study will compare the impact of family and staff education, together; staff education, alone; family education, alone; and standard educational conditions in terms of objective measures of resident outcomes, staff turnover, and staff and family satisfaction. For staff education, we will use the curriculum of computer-based interactive video we have already developed with previous NIA funds. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Billions of dollars in pharmaceutical, skin care, and other products are marketed to nursing home annually. These companies would be interested in sponsoring this Web-site to promote their products to the consumers (family members) of long-term care. Nursing home chains may also be interested in providing eduction to residents' families to improve "customer satisfaction".