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Supporting user participation in local policy development
— the Fife dementia strategy | | Author(s) | Louise McCabe, Brittany Ellis Bradley |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 11, no 2, April 2012 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, April 2012 |
| Pages | pp 157-169 |
| Source | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Social policy ; Participation ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | The Fife Dementia Strategy was driven by services managers looking to improve dementia care across Fife, Scotland, and to plan for future increases in numbers of people with dementia. This article reviews the consultation process during the development of this initiative. The processes of involvement by the range of stakeholders involved and how their different views shaped the strategy are considered. A range of techniques were adopted to encourage participation in the consultation. A document was prepared and made available in different forms and people were asked to respond. Posters were placed in public places such as GP surgeries and post offices. It was felt to be particularly important to involve people with dementia, so a series of group interviews were held with people with dementia, other service users and carers. The formal consultation took place over a six week period. In total 97 written and verbal responses were received from a broad range of stakeholders, including GPs, carers, social workers, nurses, people with dementia, and other people using the services. This article demonstrates the value of including a wide range of stakeholders in the development of local policy and the importance of involving people with dementia themselves. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121221255 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: TM2: TMB: 9A |
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