Name:
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing/Genesis Eldercare: Attitudes
Toward Death Survey
Description:
A survey assessing knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors focused on death
and dying for nursing home staff before and after an educational intervention.
Category:
Evaluation Tools - Education
Source:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
Hartford Center of Geriatrics
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096
www.nursing.upenn.edu
or
www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/links.htm
Contact:
Neville Strumpf, PhD,RN
strumpf@nursing.upenn.edu
How the grantee used this instrument:
The survey was administered by University of Pennsylvania research associates
to all nursing home staff (clinical and non-clinical) at two different intervals:
immediately after the initial training program was completed and six months
later.
Keywords:
attitudes toward death, survey, nursing homes, attitude assessment, knowledge
assessment, long-term care
To use this tool:
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from the website. Please credit
source.
References:
Developed by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Genesis
Palliative Care Center for this project.
To view this tool:
Left click on the download link to view the PDF document in your Web browser.
Right-click on the download link to save the document to your computer.
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Posted October 2004
University of Pennsylvania overview page
# UP03, type:education
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.
