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Home from home
— quality of care for people with dementia living in care homes | | Corporate Author | Alzheimer's Society |
| Publisher | Alzheimer's Society, London, November 2007 |
| Pages | 86 pp |
| Source | Alzheimer's Society, Devon House, 58 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1JX. Website: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/downloads/home_from_h... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Quality ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | 700000 people in the UK have dementia, and more than a third (244000) live in care homes, but only 60% of these individuals will be in dementia-registered beds (which are targeted at those with a high level of specialist need). This report is part of the Alzheimer's Society's 'Putting care right' campaign. It aims to provide an up-to-date understanding of carers' perceptions of the quality of dementia care provided in care homes, and to recommend action to bring the quality of all homes up to that of the best. Information was collected by three questionnaires, responses being received from 1859 carers (79% response rate), 772 care managers (24% response rate), and 1503 care home staff (16% response rate). The report discusses how care homes respond to the needs of people with dementia; the extent of opportunities for activities, engagement and occupation; involvement of friends and families in the care home; and challenges in providing good dementia care. It recommends: mandatory training for care home staff; local authority involvement; full implementation of existing national policy; systems for sharing good practice which should be supported nationally; development of specialist assessment procedures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071217201 E |
| Classmark | EA: KW: LHB: 59: 3F |
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