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Social work and dementia care
— reasons to be cheerful? | | Author(s) | Mary Marshall, Margaret Anne Tibbs |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 14, no 6, Nov/Dec 2006 |
| Pages | pp 24-26 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Social work ; Social workers. |
| Annotation | What is the state of social work with people with dementia? The authors argue that, despite bureaucratic pressures and the unfortunate experiences of two people cited in the article, there are positive signs about the contribution of social work to care for people with dementia. They outline examples and reasons for their optimism, starting with 'Changing lives' a report from the Scottish Executive (2006) that identifies situations where social work should be the lead profession. 'Social work and people with dementia: partnerships, practice and persistence', which the authors were asked to write and just published, serves to illustrate the topic further. Protection of vulnerable adults policy (POVA) is core to social work in all four UK countries. 'Everybody's business' (Care Services Improvement Partnership - CSIP, 2006), concerned with mental health problems, demonstrates the need for social workers in multidisciplinary teams. Developments in social work education would also appear to reinforce the role of social workers with regard to work with people with dementia. The authors therefore have some confidence that, with persistence, the social work contribution to dementia will improve. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070103203 A |
| Classmark | EA: IG: QR |
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