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The art of successful implementation of psychosocial interventions in residential dementia care: a systematic review of the literature based on the RE-AIM framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2014

Petra Boersma*
Affiliation:
Research Group Mental Health Nursing, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Julia C.M. van Weert
Affiliation:
Amsterdam School of Communication Research/ASCoR, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jeroen Lakerveld
Affiliation:
VU University Medical Centre, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rose-Marie Dröes
Affiliation:
VU University Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Alzheimer Centre, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Boersma, VU University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Elderly Care Medicine, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Phone: +31-06-31006715; Fax +31-20-4448234. Email: P.Boersma@Inholland.nl.

Abstract

Background:

In the past decades many psychosocial interventions for elderly people with dementia have been developed and implemented. Relatively little research has been done on the extent to which these interventions were implemented in the daily care. The aim of this study was to obtain insight into strategies for successful implementation of psychosocial interventions in the daily residential dementia care. Using a modified RE-AIM framework, the indicators that are considered important for effective and sustainable implementation were defined.

Methods:

A systematic literature search was undertaken in PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cinahl, followed by a hand search for key papers. The included publications were mapped based on the dimensions of the RE-AIM framework: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance.

Results:

Fifty-four papers met the inclusion criteria and described various psychosocial interventions. A distinction was made between studies that used one and studies that used multiple implementation strategies. This review shows that to improve their knowledge, caregivers needed at least multiple implementation strategies, only education is not enough. For increasing a more person-centered attitude, different types of knowledge transfer can be effective. Little consideration is given to the adoption of the method by caregivers and to the long-term sustainability (maintenance).

Conclusions:

This review shows that in order to successfully implement a psychosocial method the use of multiple implementation strategies is recommended. To ensure sustainability of a psychosocial care method in daily nursing home care, innovators as well as researchers should specifically pay attention to the dimensions Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of the RE-AIM implementation framework.

Type
Review Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014 

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