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Person-centre care — the emperor's new clothes
Author(s)	David Sheard
Journal title	Journal of Dementia Care, vol 12, no 2, March/April 2004
Pages	pp 22-25
Source	Email: shital@hawkerpubs.demon.co.uk
Keywords	Dementia ; Personality ; Management [care].
Annotation	Despite the concept being widely discussed and promoted, it is still hard to find true person-centred care in practice. The Director of Dementia Care Matters uses two example interviews with staff with no qualifications or previous care experience. While they are able to answer all other questions, they are at a loss for an answer to the question, "What is person-centred care?" This article suggests person-centred care as a philosophy for life, aimed at the whole person, and which does not separate the personal from the professional self. This is an edited version of a workshop paper presented at the Alzheimer's Society Annual Conference in September 2003 at the University of York. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040507212 A
Classmark	EA: DK: QA
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