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Social care interface in early-stage dementia
— practitioners' perspectives on the links between formal and informal networks | | Author(s) | Normand Carpentier, Marie-Pascal Pomey, Richardo Contreras |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 6, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 710-738 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Early ; General practitioners ; Social interaction ; Informal care ; Coordination ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The interface between health care practitioners and caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) living in the community is investigated. Using Pescosolido's multi-level network model and Martucelli's sociology of the individual, the authors interviewed 20 practitioners drawn from seven urban groups in Montreal, Canada, and analysed contacts between practitioners and caregivers at the beginning of the care trajectory. The quality of the caregiver-practitioner interface was determined by the players' profiles, internal structures, and external links. Heterogeneous professional groups and the establishment of contacts in the early stages of dementia seemed beneficial. The problematic interface between formal and informal service networks could be improved by a greater understanding of microsocial and organisational level interactions and implementing a social model of care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081126210 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4J: QT6: TMA: P6: QAJ: 3F: 7S |
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