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Practice guidance: supporting the social care workforce to deliver person centred care for people with dementia
- Author:
- ROWETT Roger
- Publisher:
- Care Council for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The focus of this workforce practice guidance is to assist managers and social care staff to raise their levels of understanding and competence in person centred working with people with dementia. It draws on a study carried out in 2008 which aimed to identify and promote good practice in relation to older people experiencing dementia. The study involved care providers from across Wales trying out various approaches to person centred working. These mainly focused on introducing ways of capturing information about the individual, from the individual’s point of view. The guidance is based on first hand examples of what has worked and been learned. It includes: key messages; guidance to managers; sample information and worksheets that can be used to inform the workforce and others about person centred working and its introduction; as well as sample guidance to staff on good practice supporting the process with service users and carers. The guidance is mainly for managers and supervisors within social care but will be relevant to others such as health professionals and families.
Care to talk? A framework for appreciative conversations about dementia: Innovative practice
- Authors:
- PAGE Sean, ROWETT Roger, DAVIES-ABBOTT Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 16(8), 2017, pp.1069-1074.
- Publisher:
- Sage
When people with dementia are admitted to hospital, both they and their carers and families have crucial roles to play. They should be positioned as the only true experts in the unique individuality of the person and brought into the nursing process as an equal partner in care. ‘Care to Talk’ is a conversational model developed through Appreciative Inquiry to facilitate this way of working. The model, its development and outcomes are discussed. (Publisher abstract)