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EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research
Quality of Care programme
Skills Training and Re-skilling for Carers of People with Dementia
A European Project for Online Training in Dementia Care
Henriëtte van der Roest
J.E. Bengtsson, A. Giuliano, S. Stefanescu, R. González, P. Kingston, E. Tamburini, C. Nugent,
R.M. Dröes
ADI 2012, London, UK
Background
Ageing of European population
• Increase in number of people with dementia from 10 million to 14 million in next 20 years
• Decrease in younger, working population
EU faces a future with more people with dementia and relatively less professional carers to support
Background
Dementia care
• Approximately 66% of the people with dementia live at home
– Support from informal (family) and professional carers
• This number is expected to rise
– Preference is to stay in own environment as long as possible
– Aim of EU health policies, since this is a cheaper solution than admission to long term care
General aim
Aim STAR:To improve the quality of care for people with dementia across Europe, by developing, providing and evaluating an open access online training in six European languages
Target group:Everyone caring for a person with dementia, relatives, temporary staff, newly employed social care staff, staff with different language backgrounds
Countries:ES, GB, IT, MT, NL, RO, SE
Method
WP2 Existing courses
WP3 Content structure
WP4 Digital content
WP5 Vocational and stakeholder workshops
WP6 Training pilot and validation
WP7 Dissemination
Results Analysis of existing training material
Main conclusions:
• 63% formal carers, 27% informal carers
• 79% face-to-face delivery, 10% online
• Online delivery highest in UK and the Netherlands
• Large variation in course content and duration
Results Analysis of existing training material
Frequently addressed course topics:Course Topics Number of courses
covering the topic Percentage of topic across all courses
What is Dementia 53 21.5 Coping with Dementia ADL 12 4.9 Coping with Dementia 17 6.9 Practical 20 8.1 Emotional 26 10.6 Social Life 34 13.8 Behaviour 32 13.0 Aggressive Behaviour 4 1.6 Diagnosis, Therapy and Intervention 20 8.1 Quality of life 9 3.7 Supporting Informal Carers 8 3.3 Other 11 4.5
WP2
Main features of STAR training
• 8 different modules
• 6 European languages
• 3 learning levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
• Learning path
• Optional learning tests for each module
• Online communities
– Students (country specific)
– European experts
• Mix of content types
– Texts and digital documents
– Video clips
– Expert interviews
– Interactive exercises
Modules
Framework STAR training
Tsaroucha et al. 2012
STAR online communities
European dementia care
expert community
European dementia care
expert community
NL STAR community
NL STAR community
SE STAR community
SE STAR community
IT STAR community
IT STAR community
UK STAR community
UK STAR community
Important dates
April 2012 STAR training modules online
April 2012 National stakeholder workshops
May 25, 2012 European stakeholder workshopStaffordshire
September 2012 Start evaluation STAR training
Official STAR website
http://startraining.eu/
