Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Efficacy of Psychosocial Care Training Programme for the Staff Working in Old Age Homes Subject The topic of the resource ageing; geriatric mental health; Old age homes; psychosocial care training Description An account of the resource Background: Training the old-age home staff is essential in raising geriatric mental health care standards in India. Inadequate knowledge on ageing and psychosocial interventions is a significant issue in old-age homes. Old-age home staff must know how to provide individualized psychosocial care and support for older adults. Hence this study aimed to test the feasibility of the psychosocial care training program for the staff working in old-age homes. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design (pre-post without a control group) was used. Forty-two staff members participated. Mary Starke Harper Aging Knowledge Exam (MSHAKE) and structured checklist to measure the staffs knowledge on ageing, psychosocial interventions, welfare legislations, schemes, and support services were administered before, immediately after, and two months after the program and the self-efficacy checklist was administered immediately and two months after the program, to examine the efficacy of the program. Results: Significant improvement was found in the ageing knowledge and the knowledge of psychosocial intervention and psychosocial care. These improvements continued for two months (p &lt;.001). Similarly, their self-efficacy in managing such problems was also sustained across two post-measurements (p =.045). Conclusions: Face-to-face training programs would enhance the knowledge of the old age home staff. This Psychosocial Care Training module can be used for training old age home staff to address various psychosocial needs, concerns and other psychosocial problems of the residents. 2023 The Author(s). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shivarudraiah M.; Ammapattian T.; Antony S.; VS B.; Sivakumar P.T. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol-46, No. 1, pp. 55-59. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SAGE Publications Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176231203929" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176231203929</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85178910329&amp;doi=10.1177%2F02537176231203929&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6e2126e36890476fd18d4f1d3602d999" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85178910329&amp;doi=10.1177%2f02537176231203929&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=6e2126e36890476fd18d4f1d3602d999</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 2537176 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Shivarudraiah M., Dept. of Psychology, Christ University, Karnataka, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru, India; Ammapattian T., Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Antony S., Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; VS B., Dept. of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Sivakumar P.T., Dept. of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India