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Measuring the well-being of people with dementia living in formal care settings
— the use of dementia care mapping | | Author(s) | A Innes, C Surr |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 3, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 258-268 |
| Source | http://tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Well being ; Evaluation ; Care homes ; Nursing homes. |
| Annotation | Over the years, there have been advances in the quality of care provision for people with dementia. How to measure the impact of care on people with dementia has challenged researchers as, until recently, no evaluation tool has offered a comprehensive overview of their behaviour patterns or well-being. Dementia care mapping (DCM) is a tool used by practitioners and researchers to capture both the process (behaviours) and outcome (well-being) of care, and is therefore of use as a tool to evaluate quality of care. This study aims to assess, through DCM, the experience of dementia care provision in residential and nursing homes in two voluntary organisations in England. Homes in the study were meeting the physical care but not the broader psychosocial care needs of the observed residents. The action taken by organisations as a result of the DCM evaluations is summarised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010927213 A |
| Classmark | EA: D:F:5HH: 4C: KW: LHB |
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