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Person-centred dementia care
— problems and possibilities | | Author(s) | Elaine Argyle |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 16, no 2, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 69-77 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/jo... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Older women ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Well being ; Person-centred care ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The implementation and efficacy of person centred approaches in dementia care is difficult to measure and there are still huge variations in working practices. In order to address these issues the procedure of dementia care mapping has been developed, which aims to assess the wellbeing of people with dementia and other vulnerable groups through the observation of communal activities. This article assesses the implementation of a person centred approach with a group of care home residents. All were female and their ages ranged from 77 to 92. Findings suggest that while participants potentially experienced many benefits from person centred approaches and the social engagement and integration that derived from this, its efficacy and impact was undermined by contextual factors such as staff shortages. The author concludes that practice should transcend its focus on the promotion of individual wellbeing and address the wider group and social contexts which can facilitate or prevent its fulfilment. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120831008 A |
| Classmark | EA: BD: KW: KX: D:F:5HH: PAA: 4C |
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