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EACH: clearing the channels of information for Europe
- Author:
- MEULENBERGS Leen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 5(5), September 1997, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The European Alzheimer Clearing House (EACH) aims to become an information exchange for good practice in all aspects of dementia care throughout Europe. Describes its current projects and priorities.
Seventeen steps: the dementia strategy
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2009, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors discuss the aspirations of the National Dementia Strategy and the challenges that need to be faced if the ideas are to become a reality. The discussion focuses on the three main themes of the Strategy: public and professional awareness; early diagnosis and improving the quality of care. The article includes the views of leading commentators.
Dementia, aging, and intellectual disabilities: a handbook
- Editors:
- JANICKI Matthew, DALTON Arthur
- Publisher:
- Brunner/Mazel
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 488p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
Outlines recent research on dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices are detailed. The biology and physiology of dementia, as well as the neurological and medical complications associated with it are described. The book also details the best practices available to meet the needs and challenges involved in care and quality of life issues.
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.
A multi-method evaluation of an independent dementia care service and its approach
- Authors:
- PRITCHARD E.J., DEWING J.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 5(1), February 2001, pp.63-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a multi-method evaluation of (SPECAL) Specialized Early Care of Alzheimer's, a dementia care service and approach. The findings demonstrated that, within its approach, there was high quality of care offered by SPECAL to people with dementia and their carers. The evaluation also highlighted some of the difficulties facing SPECAL in its relationships with existing professional providers of mental health care for older people that have implications for other service providers. Recommendations from the evaluation were adopted as an agenda for future developmental work. The study also provoked broader questions for multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams about quality of services for older people with dementia, and about relationships between the voluntary and statutory sectors.