Insights gained through Marte Meo counselling: experiences of nurses in dementia specific care units

Einang Alnes, RigmorDepartment of Health Sciences, Aalesund University College, Aalesund, Norway (author)

Insights gained through Marte Meo counselling : experiences of nurses in dementia specific care units

AIM: This study sought to uncover what nurses perceived to have learned, during their participation in video supported counselling, based on Marte Meo principles, in four dementia specific care units.METHODS: This was a descriptive qualitative study. Data were collected through 12 individual and four focus group interviews. In addition, supplementary data from two video recordings and one written log were included. Findings emerged through content analysis and re-examination of the text based on the initial analysis.RESULTS: The nurses experienced that they acquired new knowledge about the residents through Marte Meo Counselling (MMC), resulting in improved capability to interpret the residents` expressions, and increased awareness of the residents' competence. New knowledge about themselves as nurses also emerged; they recognised how their actions entailed consequences for the interaction, in turn making them conscious of the usefulness of taking time, pacing their interactions, maintaining eye contact and describing the situation in words when the interaction took place. This appeared to increase the resident's perception of being able to cope.CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that MMC helped the nurses to gain knowledge about how to improve interactions with residents suffering from dementia. Further research is warranted into the effectiveness of MMC.

Kirkevold, MaritDepartment of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (author)
Skovdahl, Kirsti,1964-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin(Swepub:oru)kisl (author)
Department of Health Sciences, Aalesund University College, Aalesund, NorwayDepartment of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Older People Nursing: Wiley6:2, s. 123-321748-37351748-3743

By the author/editor: Einang Alnes, Ri ...; Kirkevold, Marit; Skovdahl, Kirsti ...

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