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Planning for dementia care in Ireland: conference proceedings
- Editors:
- MURPHY Edel, O'SHEA Eamon, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- National Council on Ageing and Older People
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
With the numbers of dementia suffers projected to increase by over 25 per cent in the coming decade, a range of issues are critical to the successful implementation of the Action Plan for Dementia, These issues were discussed at a Council conference on planning for dementia care in Ireland. The proceedings are an important record of the conference participants concern to identify the issues, which must be addressed if significant improvements in the quality of life of people with dementia in Ireland are to be achieved in the years ahead. A strong feeling among conference participants was that care management could be an effective integrating mechanism in the care of people with dementia, because of its potential to bring together the various elements of primary and secondary care services.