Turn up and tune in
Author: Karen Booth & Niki Freedman
Magazine issue: Autumn 05
Page numbers: 20-22
Date: 29 August 2005
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Elderly people with acquired communication disorders who live in nursing and residential homes depend on care workers to support their everyday conversation. But how do the carers develop the skills to do this? Karen Booth and Niki Freedman recount a training project in Bedfordshire which had promising results – for those who attended. Reasons for poor uptake are discussed, as are plans for countering it when running the project again.
