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A country where dementia has come in from the cold
- Author:
- LINDSAY Margot
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on services for people with dementia in Norway.
Dementia: help, advice and services in Lewisham
- Authors:
- LEWISHAM. Social Services Department, LEWISHAM AND GUY'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST
- Publisher:
- Lewisham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical booklet providing information, help and advice for dementia suffers and their carers. Also lists services provided in Lewisham
Excellence in dementia care: research into practice
- Editors:
- DOWNS Murna, BOWERS Barbara, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 531p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This textbook draws on the extensive knowledge of researchers, practitioners, and professionals in the care of people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. It is informed both by a profound respect for people with dementia and a commitment to including them in decisions about their care and lives. While focusing on care for people with dementia, this core text also addresses the most pressing concerns of families by promoting practices and services that recognise the full humanity of their relative with dementia. In addressing the many complex issues related to offering support to people with dementia and those who care for them, this timely textbook is unique in emphasising strategies for creating sustainable change in practice. The book includes examples from a range of countries, drawn from research, practice wisdom and, most importantly, from the experience of people with dementia and their families.
Early onset team proves a success
- Author:
- CANTLEY Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(4), July 2000, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The Lewis Team in Newcastle began as a time-limited project to improve care for younger people with dementia. Its success has now made it part of mainstream care provision in this city.
Putting culture into dementia care
- Author:
- NUGENT Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.6.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Stresses the importance of offering culturally appropriate dementia care services.
Services for younger sufferers of Alzheimer's Disease
- Author:
- WILLIAMS D.D.R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, June 1995, pp.699-700.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Highlights the fact that young people suffering from Alzheimer's Disease are not receiving the basic services that they require and are entitled to.
Responding to special needs
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Ann, BARR Owen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, May 1995, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Discusses the implications of service provision to people affected by both Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease, and describes care for one lady and her mother living in the community.
Assessment of the attitudes of family caregivers toward community services
- Authors:
- COLLINS Clare, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 31(6), 1991, pp.756-761.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Community Service Attitude Inventory is a research instrument designed to measure family carers' attitudes towards using community services available for Alzheimer's Disease sufferers.
‘It’s a huge maze, the system, it’s a terrible maze’: dementia carers’ constructions of navigating health and social care services
- Authors:
- PEEL Elizabeth, HARDING Rosie
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 13(5), 2014, pp.642-661.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Dementia is a challenging, progressive set of conditions which present a large care burden to informal, familial carers. A complex array of health and social care services are needed to support people living with dementia. Drawing on the interlinked ‘Duties to Care’ and ‘Dementia Talking’ projects, in this article the authors focus on British carers’ talk about health and social care services. The authors explore data from a mixed-method questionnaire (n = 185), four focus groups and eleven interviews with informal carers of people living with dementia using thematic discourse analysis. Three themes are discussed: (1) services as a ‘maze’; (2) services as overly limited – ‘beyond our remit’; and (3) the battle and fighting discourse deployed by these carers. The analysis highlights that carers find navigating systemic issues in dementia care time-consuming, unpredictable and often more difficult than the caring work they undertake. (Publisher abstract)
Moving beyond patient and client approaches: mobilizing ‘authentic partnerships’ in dementia care, support and services
- Authors:
- DUPUIS Sherry L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 11(4), July 2012, pp.427-452.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The notion of a client-centred or person-centred approach was first introduces in the 1940s. Over the past several decades, however, the true intent behind its original relational approach has been lost, settling instead on well-intended but often paternalistic approaches that place patients or clients at the centre of care, but rarely, if ever, actively involve them in decision-making. This is no more apparent than in the case of people living with Alzheimer's disease who, due to the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding dementia, are often assumed to lack the capacity to be involved in their own care and the care of others. Drawing on the experience of the authors, working directly with persons with dementia, family members and professionals, and systematic research on a number of mutual partnership initiatives, this paper present an alternative approach, one that views persons with dementia as equal partners in the context of dementia care, support and formal services.