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The stage is set
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.3.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how the use of stages to describe the progress of dementia is often helpful when identifying the support needs for people with dementia.
The implications of the early recognition of dementia for multiprofessional teamworking : conflicts and contradictions in practitioner perspectives
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve, EDEN Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 2(2), June 2003, pp.163-179.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In health and social care in the UK there is increasing emphasis on the need to recognize mental health problems as early as possible, particularly among older people. Both research and policy have identified the difficulties caused by delayed or late awareness of dementia and depression, and the potential benefits of their recognition at earlier stages. This article draws on the output from a series of multidisciplinary dementia workshops to explore the implications of such a shift in practice for interprofessional working. At a time when core specialist mental health teams have been identified as a way forward for dementia care in the UK, this discussion sets out four key bipolar categories derived from the workshops which may be useful in planning, implementing and reviewing the development of services and the drawing of professional responsibilities. These categories are opportunistic recognition versus population screening; referral and responsibility; key working and team working; generalist versus specialist roles. From this discussion we note a further four determinants which in our view need to be addressed in order to promote positive developments in dementia services: learning processes, resource implications, professional capacity and confidence and the impact of new teams on broader systems.