Today, the dominant approach in services to people with dementia is person centred care, developed in the 1980s. Since then, person centred care has changed the way people with dementia are seen and addressed, and has given rise to a dramatic increase in the quality of care. This paper examines personalisation and describes how it builds on and extends person centred care. It reviews recent ideas...
Today, the dominant approach in services to people with dementia is person centred care, developed in the 1980s. Since then, person centred care has changed the way people with dementia are seen and addressed, and has given rise to a dramatic increase in the quality of care. This paper examines personalisation and describes how it builds on and extends person centred care. It reviews recent ideas about personhood within person centred care and highlights the increasing recognition that people with dementia have agency. The paper argues that developing services that support agency and self-direction is central to personalisation, and extends person centred care. It outlines the progress that has been made towards the implementation of personalisation, which has been a key feature of government policy since 2007.
Subject terms:
older people, personalisation, self-directed support, social care provision, dementia, government policy;
Person-centred care is combined with new insights from the creative arts to look at how creativity can both support improvements in abilities and create a life worth living for people with dementia. This practical introduction is based on the experience of pioneers from diverse areas of the arts and dementia care. The book provides clear guidance on how to employ a variety of innovative...
Person-centred care is combined with new insights from the creative arts to look at how creativity can both support improvements in abilities and create a life worth living for people with dementia. This practical introduction is based on the experience of pioneers from diverse areas of the arts and dementia care. The book provides clear guidance on how to employ a variety of innovative techniques including art, story work, music, reminiscence, dance and complementary therapies, to promote the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of people with dementia. This is not a problem focussed book about managing behaviour difficulties, instead it concentrates on aspects of life often taken for granted in the independent and healthy; laughter, movement, music, photography, use of narrative, and enjoying time just "being" with another person. All of which can go missing in the challenging routine of daily dementia care. The book can be read on two levels; as an aid to activity ideas with an evidence base for why these will work; and as a challenge to the mindset that concentrates on minimising the impact of the disease process. Later chapters discuss creative communication in terms of spirituality and end of life care.
Subject terms:
music therapy, person-centred care, reminiscence therapy, art therapy, complementary therapies, communication, dance therapy, dementia, drama therapy;
This book looks at the role nurses play when working with people who have dementia, and their relatives. It builds on person-centered and relationship-centered approaches to develop a systemic guide for practice that focuses on the family. "Dementia Care Nursing" is an insight into the field, which outlines approaches that may be used by nurses within practice and provides advice on how dementia
This book looks at the role nurses play when working with people who have dementia, and their relatives. It builds on person-centered and relationship-centered approaches to develop a systemic guide for practice that focuses on the family. "Dementia Care Nursing" is an insight into the field, which outlines approaches that may be used by nurses within practice and provides advice on how dementia care may be developed and enhanced.
Describes the relocation of dementia care from the institution to the community, the development of person-centred care and its emerging critique leading to the development of a more systemic approach taking into account the sufferer and family and paid-for carers. Discusses developing an inclusive model and dementia care and society.
Describes the relocation of dementia care from the institution to the community, the development of person-centred care and its emerging critique leading to the development of a more systemic approach taking into account the sufferer and family and paid-for carers. Discusses developing an inclusive model and dementia care and society.
Subject terms:
medical treatment, person-centred care, carers, dementia;
With the increasing population of older people, the number of people suffering from dementia is growing. It affects whole families and often it is the family who have to become the carer for the person with dementia. Allied to this increasing clinical and social problem comes the development of dementia care studies, as MSc courses and as modules within nursing and social work undergraduate
With the increasing population of older people, the number of people suffering from dementia is growing. It affects whole families and often it is the family who have to become the carer for the person with dementia. Allied to this increasing clinical and social problem comes the development of dementia care studies, as MSc courses and as modules within nursing and social work undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This book is designed as a textbook for these modules and emphasizes the importance of developing evidence-based practice. It provides an understanding of the theoretical basis for practice as well as practical solutions of care.
Subject terms:
informal care, memory, older people, policy, social work, social work education, social care provision, counselling, dementia, families, ethics, evidence-based practice;
Practice: Social Work in Action, 15(1), 2003, pp.45-56.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Critically examines the trend within dementia care to focus on either people with dementia or their informal carer. Attention is given to the alliances and collusions that may develop within triads comprising people with dementia, their carers and dementia care practitioners and the implications for this upon the distribution of power. Outlines an inclusive model of dementia care in which...
Critically examines the trend within dementia care to focus on either people with dementia or their informal carer. Attention is given to the alliances and collusions that may develop within triads comprising people with dementia, their carers and dementia care practitioners and the implications for this upon the distribution of power. Outlines an inclusive model of dementia care in which the needs of the person with dementia, family carers and the dementia care practitioner are understood in terms of inclusion. Also shows how the model may be used to enhance practice in dementia care, particularly how practitioners can ensure that both people with dementia and their carers are included within decision making processes. The role of supervision is noted as a way that dementia care practitioners may gain worthwhile insights into the alliances and collusions that can impede practice within dementia care.
Subject terms:
older people, social care provision, carers, dementia;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(11), July 2001, pp.370-371.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Major changes in understanding and treatment of dementia have transformed the specialism in the last 15 years from relative backwater to a very active area of academic and professional interest. Yet education and training have failed to keep pace with this interest. The author outlines his proposals for a multidisciplinary pathway that would draw together all current courses in dementia care
Major changes in understanding and treatment of dementia have transformed the specialism in the last 15 years from relative backwater to a very active area of academic and professional interest. Yet education and training have failed to keep pace with this interest. The author outlines his proposals for a multidisciplinary pathway that would draw together all current courses in dementia care into systematic, progressive programme of education and training for all social and health care staff at whichever level they work.
Subject terms:
joint working, post qualifying education, social work assistants, social workers, staff, teaching methods, training, dementia, health professionals;
Journal of Dementia Care, 9(2), March 2001, pp.33-37.
Publisher:
Hawker
Reviews published accounts of the CMHN role in work with people with dementia and their carers, and suggests a way in which the role might develop in future.
Reviews published accounts of the CMHN role in work with people with dementia and their carers, and suggests a way in which the role might develop in future.
Subject terms:
older people, user participation, carers, community mental health nurses, dementia;
Promotes dementia care as a service emphasising the individuality of people with dementia, and the importance of their continuing relationships with their family carers. Explores the implications for professional practice of valuing and protecting individuals who have dementia and the family care giving relationship. Aims to reflect and stimulate research into practice, and discusses issues
Promotes dementia care as a service emphasising the individuality of people with dementia, and the importance of their continuing relationships with their family carers. Explores the implications for professional practice of valuing and protecting individuals who have dementia and the family care giving relationship. Aims to reflect and stimulate research into practice, and discusses issues which need to be acknowledged by practitioners in order to provide informed and enlightened care.
Subject terms:
joint working, multidisciplinary services, older people, social care provision, carers, dementia, health care;
Examines the recent policy in mental health nursing of refocusing care on people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It is argued that older people with severe and enduring mental illnesses such as dementia are excluded from this policy and that this amounts to a clear case of ageism. Various ways of addressing the problem of ageism in recent policy changes are explored.
Examines the recent policy in mental health nursing of refocusing care on people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It is argued that older people with severe and enduring mental illnesses such as dementia are excluded from this policy and that this amounts to a clear case of ageism. Various ways of addressing the problem of ageism in recent policy changes are explored.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, nursing, older people, policy, severe mental health problems, social care provision, age discrimination, dementia, discrimination;