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Working with family carers of people with dementia — "negotiated" coping as an essential outcome
Author(s)	Mike Nolan, Prue Ingram, Roger Watson
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 1, no 1, February 2002
Pages	pp 75-94
Keywords	Dementia ; Stress ; Family care ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Personnel ; Evaluation ; Australia.
Annotation	Supporting family carers is likely to remain in the forefront of community care policy in dementia care for the foreseeable future. However, despite extensive research, there is little evidence for the effectiveness of current interventions. Many authors attribute this to methodological weaknesses and promote larger and more sophisticated trials. Using data from an Australian study of how carers of people with dementia cope with the challenges they face, this article calls for a re-appraisal of the ways in which a successful intervention is defined. It promotes an approach based on partnership, in which carers themselves play a significant role in determining "what works". (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020624221 A
Classmark	EA: QNH: P6:SJ: QK6: QM: 4C: 7YA
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