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Low expectations
— attitudes on choice, care and community for people with dementia in care homes | | Author(s) | Chris Quince |
| Corporate Author | Alzheimer's Society |
| Publisher | Alzheimer's Society, February 2013 |
| Pages | 72 pp |
| Source | Download report: http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/download... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Quality of life ; Consumer choice ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | This report presents new evidence about experiences and views of people with dementia living in care homes. Evidence was drawn from surveys of family members of dementia sufferers, staff working in care homes and people with dementia themselves. Evidence from a YouGov poll of 2,060 adults into perceptions about care homes, carried out in December 2012, was also presented. Analysis of recent studies suggests that more than 80% of care home residents have dementia or significant memory problems. So providing quality care to people with dementia must be a primary concern for the care home sector. However across all those responding to the surveys there were low expectations about the quality of life of people with dementia in care homes. 70% of the YouGov respondents said they would be scared about moving into a care home in the future. Views on the quality of care for dementia sufferers living in care homes were more positive but the financial pressure on the care sector raises concerns about ongoing investment in training. The process of finding information on care homes can be challenging, and people with dementia and their families need to be supported with information to help them assess quality of homes. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130226001 B |
| Classmark | EA: KW: KX: F:59: WYC: DP |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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