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The implications of the early recognition of dementia for multiprofessional team working
— conflicts and contradictions in practitioner perspectives | | Author(s) | Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe, Alison Eden |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 2, no 2, June 2003 |
| Pages | pp 163-180 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Early ; Primary health care teams ; Multi disciplinary. |
| Annotation | Both research and policy have identified the difficulties caused by delayed or late awareness of older people's mental health problems, in particular dementia and depression, and the potential benefits of their recognition at earlier stages. This article draws on the output from a series of multidisciplinary dementia workshops to explore the implications of such a shift in practice for interprofessional working. At a time when core specialist mental health teams have been identified as a way forward for dementia care in the UK, this discussion sets out four key bipolar categories derived from the workshops which may be useful in planning, implementing and reviewing the development of services and the drawing up of professional responsibilities. These categories are: opportunistic recognition versus population screening; referral and responsibility; key working and team working; and generalist versus specialist roles. From this discussion, the authors note a further four determinants which in their view need to be dealt with, to promote positive developments in dementia services: learning processes; resource implications; professional capacity and confidence; and the impact of new teams on broader systems. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030627202 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK7: 4J: L5:QM: 3DM |
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