CHAT educates staff about reducing elderspeak (infantilizing communication) and results in reduced behavioral symptoms and need for psychotropic medication for residents with dementia. The new online version (Changing Talk: Online Training (CHATO)) consists of 3; one-hour interactive online modules that provide flexible and accessible access for staff.
There is no cost, direct-care staff can earn 3 contact hours, and all staff get a Certificate of Completion for their file.
Benefits to you, your staff, and your residents include:
- A person-centered approach.
- Education about elderspeak and better communication strategies.
- Reduction in resistiveness to care and other behavioral symptoms in residents with dementia.
- Reduction in the need for psychotropic medication.
- Convenient, online educational format for busy nursing homes.
- Qualifies for CMS dementia care training hours requirements.
- A free, nonpharmacological, evidence-based intervention is an excellent addition to a Quality Improvement Plan.
Here is also a one-page summary of the study.
Please see the website to learn more about CHATO and view our training resources or
Access the Google drive to download the NEW pilot research and CHATO National Trial information.
Interested parties can email Carissa Coleman (below) or complete the interest form on the website.
Carissa K. Coleman, PhD, MA
Research Assistant Professor
University of Kansas School of Nursing
t: 970-270-6839 | ccoleman3@kumc.edu