This book describes a research study examining the
impact of staff attitudes on quality of care and
quality of life of people with dementia, and whether
changes in these occur as a result of training
and development interventions. The research includes
a review of existing attitude measurements and the
development of a new attitude scale for use with
dementia care professionals, offering evidence for
its reliability and validity. In order to evaluate
quality of care, a new observational technique is
developed, which draws on previous observational
methodologies, with a focus on the...