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What you think of dementia care — [The Dementia Declaration]
Author(s)	Mithran Samuel
Journal title	Community Care, issue 1811, 25 March 2010
Pages	pp 18-19
Source	www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Dementia ; Services ; Health services ; Public opinion ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Community Care is calling for a full debate on dementia care during the general election campaign, give the problems identified by it exclusive survey. Of readers who responded, nine out of ten work with people with dementia, variously in assessment and advice, mental health teams, and residential, domiciliary or acute hospital care. 89% of respondents think that dementia is too small a priority for government; 66% that the dementia strategy for England has had little or no impact; 42% that the quality of dementia care in their area is poor; 86% that the health service in their area has not sufficiently prioritised dementia; and 45% that training in their area was not improving. This article also presents the survey's findings as pie charts and bar graphs. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100331204 A
Classmark	EA: I: L: U5: 3F *
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