International Standards for Dementia Workforce Education and Training: A Scoping Review.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0375327 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1758-5341 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00169013 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gerontologist Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2009- : Cary, NC : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: St. Louis, Gerontological Society.

Health Personnel*/education ; Dementia*/therapy; Humans ; United States ; Workforce ; Language ; Caregivers

Background and Objectives: The increasing number of people with dementia requires transparency and quality dementia education, training, and care. This scoping review aimed to determine the key elements of national or state-wide standards on dementia education and training that could underpin the development of international standards for dementia workforce training and education.
Research Design and Methods: The English-language peer-reviewed and gray literature were searched (2010-20). Key search domains were training, workforce, standards/frameworks, and dementia.
Results: Thirteen standards were identified from the United Kingdom (n = 5), the United States (n = 4), Australia (n = 3), and Ireland (n = 1). Most standards focused on training health care professionals with some including people in customer-centric settings, people living with dementia, and informal carers or the general community. Seventeen training topics were identified in 10 or more of the 13 standards. Cultural safety, rural issues, health care professional self-care, digital literacy, and health promotion topics were less commonly reported. The barriers to standards implementation were lack of organizational support, lack of access to relevant training, low staff literacy, lack of funding, high staff turnover, ineffective past program cycles, and inconsistent service delivery. Enablers included a strong implementation plan, funding, strength of partnerships, and building on previous work.
Discussion and Implications: The U.K. Dementia Skills and Core Training Standard, the Irish Department of Health Dementia Together, and the National Health Services Scotland Standard are the recommended strongest standards for underpinning the development of international standards. It is essential that training standards are tailored to the needs of the consumer, worker, and regions.
(© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.)

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Australian Government; Dementia Training Program; Work Wiser International; Olivia May Consulting

Keywords: Aged care; Education; Policy; Standards; Workforce

Date Created: 20230418 Date Completed: 20240131 Latest Revision: 20240716

20240716

PMC10825835

10.1093/geront/gnad023

37071967