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| Levels of integration and specialisation within professional community teams for people with dementia | | Author(s) | Michele Abendstern, Siobhan Reilly, Jane Hughes |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, University of Manchester |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 77-85 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Psychiatric treatment ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Multi disciplinary ; Standards of provision ; Social surveys ; North West England. |
| Annotation | Delivering integrated and specialist mental health services for the growing population of older people with dementia in Britain is a key concern of the present government. The authors conducted a postal survey of professional community teams providing services to people with dementia in North West England. Responses wre analysed according to a number of standards measuring service quality, developed from research and policy documents. A response rate of 59% yielded a total sample of 52 teams. Multi-disciplinary teams scored more highly than single discipline teams on many of the measures used. Single discipline teams achieved a higher score on just one measure, culturally sensitive services. Generally, teams were found to provide a more integrated, targeted and person-centred service, as measured in this study, compared with earlier findings. Teams performed less well on measures of flexibility and culturally sensitive provision. These findings indicate some potential gains from integration, and highlight the level of work still needed to achieve it. Further research is needed to build on the structural and process measures used in this research, in order that the costs and outcomes consequent upon these practices can be measured. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060313217 A |
| Classmark | EA: LP: QAJ: QK6: 3DM: 583: 3F: 82NW |
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