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Developing services for people with dementia: findings from research in a rural area
- Authors:
- McDONALD Ann, HEATH Becky
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 9(4), December 2008, pp.9-18.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article describes a piece of work carried out in East Anglia designed to map services across the statutory, voluntary and private sectors, and to describe the ways in which national policy is being interpreted to meet local need. Examples of innovative practice, as well as gaps in service design and delivery, were identified though an examination of local policy documents and qualitative interviews with strategic managers, frontline managers and practitioners, and local carers of people with dementia. The findings confirm that services for older people with dementia are under-developed in comparison with services for older people generally, and in comparison with mental health services for working age adults. There are particular gaps with respect to rarer types of dementia, services for people with learning disabilities, and services for people from minority ethnic groups. Carers have also been affected by a shortage of joined-up information, high eligibility criteria and a change to short-term working by practitioners.
Continuing care needs of older people
- Authors:
- McDONALD Ann, McLEAN Mary
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Report from a project jointly sponsored by Norfolk SSD and East Norfolk Health Commission. Looks at issues relevant to the continuing care needs of older people, including: policies and procedures at national and local level; how these are being implemented in the East Norfolk area; relationships between health and social services regarding the provision of continuing care; and options for improving services.