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| Comparing UK and Dutch Alzheimer Cafés against new quality control criteria | | Author(s) | Gemma Jones, Kandy Redwood, Jeremy W Harding |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 16, no 1, Jan/Feb 2008 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, Jan/Feb 2008 |
| Pages | pp 34-38 (Research Focus) |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Day centres ; Therapy ; Quality ; Comparison ; Netherlands ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | An Alzheimer Café (AC) is a monthly gathering in a safe, pleasant environment to host a 'low threshold' (non-threatening) therapeutic group experience for people with dementia, their families, friends or neighbours, in the presence of healthcare professionals and members of the local Alzheimer's support group. The Alzheimer Café concept began in the Netherlands in 1997 and was the idea of Dr Bère Miesen. There are now 68 Dutch cafés which have been evaluated against Quality Control Criteria (QCC). These 33 QCC were developed in 2005 and the evaluation of the Dutch cafés were undertaken by Alzheimer Nederland for a national report (Meerveld, 2006). In this article, two UK cafés are discussed and how they measure up to the 33 criteria and the adaptations they made to use the Alzheimer Café concept in the UK. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080227202 A |
| Classmark | EA: NMC: LO: 59: 48: 76H: 8 |
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