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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.