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Burnout among care staff for older adults with dementia
— the role of reciprocity, self-efficacy and organisational factors | | Author(s) | Brigid Duffy, Jan Oyebode, Jo Allen |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 103, April 2008 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, April 2008 |
| Pages | pp 41-45 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Stress ; Care home staff ; Self esteem ; Competence ; Dementia ; Care homes ; Social surveys ; West Midlands. |
| Annotation | This paper is an adapted version of a "public domain" briefing paper produced for a clinical psychology doctorate. It describes a study which examines factors contributing to burnout in in a sample of 61 staff caring for people with dementia working in continuing care homes for older people in four cities in the West Midlands. Self-report questionnaires included measures of burnout, reciprocity, self-efficacy and organisational commitment. Participants also completed a questionnaire about themselves. That this sample had moderate levels of burnout and that more than two-thirds (68.6%) were emotionally exhausted supports the findings in previous research. The role of self-efficacy in predicting burnout in paid care staff is confirmed, a factor that has been well-documented for family carers of people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080428208 A |
| Classmark | QNH: QRM: DPA: DPB: EA: KW: 3F: 87 |
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