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Dementia-friendly technology: a charter that helps every person with dementia benefit from technology that meets their needs
- Author:
- ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
The Dementia-friendly technology charter aims to give people with dementia and their carers information on how to access technology and provides guidance to health, housing and social care professionals on how to make technology work for people based on their individual needs. The charter, developed by a diverse working group led by Tunstall Healthcare, has been produced as part of the Dementia Friendly Communities programme. The charter sets out in detail what considerations community and primary care providers need to give to technology and what they need to have in place during the different stages of a person with dementia’s journey, including before diagnosis, after diagnosis, during a crisis and when more complex needs appear. It also illustrates the key components of a good technology service and includes a self-evaluation check list for commissioners and providers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Home care services for people with dementia: quality standards
- Author:
- ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 3 parts (44p.; 52p.; 44p.)
- Place of publication:
- London
A quality home care service for a person with dementia will foster independence and will therefore assist in helping the person live at home for longer. This is not only good for the individual, it may also prove a more cost-effective form of care. Since 1991 changes have been occurring nationally in the types of services that are delivered to older people living in their own homes. In England, home care services are the largest services provided for older people by social services departments. Around 8 per cent of people over the age of 65 receive such a service from local authorities. Dementia is one of the major health and social care challenges of the century. Home care is therefore becoming more common for people with dementia. Home care services cannot afford to ignore the particular demands that dementia makes on all long term care systems. The implications of dementia on a person and those who care for them can be devastating. Dementia may affect the person's memory, communication skills and ability to complete personal tasks. People with dementia are often very aware of the effects of their illness, particularly in the early stages, and coming to terms with living with dementia can be very difficult. In developing quality dementia home care standards, talking to care workers, care managers, dementia specialists and purchasers, several key factors for quality emerged: continuity; supporting the person with dementia and their carers; time; monitoring and review; and training and support for care workers.
Quality dementia care in care homes: person centred standards
- Authors:
- ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY, ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer's Society
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 147p.
- Place of publication:
- London
These standards are about achieving good quality care for people with dementia living in care homes and are the result of a one year development partnership between the Alzheimer's Society and the Royal College of Nursing. The topics in the standards were selected because they were found to be areas of most importance to people with dementia living in a care home and their families and friends. While containing a great deal of practical information, the standards are also designed to try to get care staff to think about all aspects of life and care in a care home from the person with dementia's point of view. The standards attempt to draw together key developments in person centred care over the past years and capture how they might translate into high quality care. They are aimed at anyone involved in the provision of dementia care in a residential setting and are arranged under the following headings: person centred dementia care; staff; care processes; life in the home; relationships; and environment.