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Person-centred care
— the Holy Grail or a muddled and misguided goal | | Author(s) | Ian A James |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 99, Spring 2007 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, Spring 2007 |
| Pages | pp 9-13 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Personality ; Management [care]. |
| Annotation | Standard 2 of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) and the NICE dementia guidelines (2006) both appear to endorse person-centred care (PCC) as being synonymous with good practice. PCC has also become a major non-pharmacological treatment strategy. The author of this article queries why PCC has acquired this importance, explores some reasons why it has achieved such status, and examines problems associated with the concept. PCC should be better defined and include improving communication strategies, such that people with dementia feel more positive about their interactions with other people. This aspect has been incorporated into the work of the Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service (NCBS) team. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070521204 A |
| Classmark | EA: DK: QA |
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