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Services for younger people with dementia
— problems with differentiating needs on the basis of age | | Author(s) | Jan Reed, Caroline Cantley, Charlotte L Clarke |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 1, no 1, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp 95-112 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Middle aged ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Multi disciplinary ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | There is a growing movement to develop specific services for younger people with dementia. This article reports on an evaluation of one such service that was developed in response to a locally identified deficit in "age-sensitive" care. The service was rated very positively by the 23 service users, whose age at onset or diagnosis ranged from 49 to 59, and age at referral 51 to 65. Staff were keen to highlight differences observed between the needs of their clients and older people with dementia. However, the clients' responses did not necessarily highlight age-specific needs. Comments were more about how the service was sensitive to individual needs. This suggests that the level of responsiveness offered by the team is much valued, but could also be a foundation for all services for all people with dementia, regardless of age. The study suggests that the team's work offers a model which could be applied across all age groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020624222 A |
| Classmark | EA: SE: IK: I: QAJ: QK6: 3DM: 4C |
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