Aim: A discussion of the use of video feedback as an effective and feasible method to promote person-centred communication approaches within dementia care and long-term care.
Background: Effective strategies to integrate person-centred approaches into health care settings have attracted global attention and research in the past two decades. Video feedback has emerged as technique to enhance reflective learning and person-centred practice change in some care settings; however, it has not been tested in the context of person-centred dementia communication in long-term care.
Design: Discussion paper.
Data sources: Articles dating from 1995 to 2018 retrieved via searches of the SCOPUS, CINAHL, MEDLINE and Cochrane Systematic Review databases.
Implications for nursing: Inclusion of video feedback in a person-centred dementia communication intervention for nurses and other health care providers may effectively fill a gap evident in the literature. This intervention can offer feedback of enhanced quality and enduring impact on behaviour change relative to traditional training.
Conclusion: A critical review of empirical and theoretical evidence supports video feedback as a potential means to enhance person-centred communication within the context of dementia and long-term care. The promising benefits of video feedback present a novel research opportunity to pilot its use to enhance person-centred communication between nurses/health care providers and persons with dementia in long-term care.
Keywords: communication; dementia; feedback; long-term care; nursing education; nursing practice; patient-centred care; video recording.
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