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| A multi-method evaluation of an independent dementia care service and its approach | | Author(s) | E J Pritchard, J Dewing |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 1, February 2001 |
| Pages | pp 63-72 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Management [care] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Changes in approaches to dementia care and services in recent years have meant improvements in quality of care for people with dementia and their carers. However, few in-depth dementia service evaluation studies are documented, and tend to focus on traditional evaluation measures (e.g. length of stay, functional improvement), or concentrate on the perspectives of carers. This study used multiple methods within Fourth Generation Methodology to evaluate 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 highlighted some of the difficulties facing SPECAL in its relationship with existing professional providers of mental health care for older people that have implications for other service providers. Recommendations for the evaluation were adopted as an agenda for future development work. The study has 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. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010316209 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: QA: 4C |
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