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Improving the quality of dementia care: the role of education
— (Special section: Educating physicians in the detection of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias) | | Author(s) | Brian S Mittman |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 29, no 2, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 61-70 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Medical care ; Quality ; General practitioners ; Teaching hospitals ; In-service training ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The physical, psychosocial and economic burdens of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia are exacerbated by large gaps in the quality of care provided to patients and their family caregivers. The quality improvement programmes described in this issue of Clinical Gerontologist represent important contributions to the goal of improving dementia care quality and outcomes. Yet evidence from other chronic diseases suggests that the overall impacts of these programmes will be limited: significant, lasting improvements in healthcare quality and outcomes appear to require intensive, multi-level, multifaceted approaches comprising coordinated efforts by a broad spectrum of stakeholders. This commentary examines the quality improvement programmes presented relative to current thinking and insights regarding requirements for successful improvement. The commentary concludes with a series of recommendations for actions needed to supplement the programmes presented here, and to accelerate progress in improving dementia care quality and outcomes for patients, caregivers and other stakeholders. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413206 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK: 59: QT6: V6: QWD: 7T |
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