Person-Centered Bathing of Individuals with Dementia
Overview
The Person Centered Bathing of Individuals with Dementia project is developing and disseminating CD-ROM and videotape training nationally to nursing assistants, nurses, long-term care administrators, family caregivers, and home health care providers. The training materials are based on results from an earlier research project, and they illustrate methods of bathing persons with dementia which can reduce difficult behaviors and increase comfort.
This is a joint project of the Institute on Aging and the Cecil G. Sheps Center Program on Aging Disability and Long-Term Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University. Funding is provided by the Retirement Research Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the HCRManorCare Foundation, the Rothschild Foundation, the Extendicare Foundation, Arjo Inc, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute for Nursing Research.
For More Information
Download an information sheet about the project
Visit the Bathing Without a Battle web site to order the training materials
Contact Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, Project Director (Philip_Sloane@med.unc.edu) or Ann Louise Barrick, PhD, Project Co-Director (abarrick@email.unc.edu or 919-575-7953)
