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| Practitioners' understanding of barriers to accessing specialist support by family carers of people with dementia in distress | | Author(s) | Jill Manthorpe, Cathryn Hart, Sue Watts |
| Journal title | International Journal of Care and Caring, vol 2, no 1, February 2018 |
| Publisher | Policy Press, February 2018 |
| Pages | pp 109-23 |
| Source | http://policypress.co.uk/journals/international-jo... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Family care ; Accessibility ; Usage [services] ; Health services ; Attitude ; General practitioners ; Qualitative Studies ; England. |
| Annotation | Distressing symptoms in dementia are hard to manage for many family carers. This article explores practitioners' perceptions of the barriers encountered by carers in accessing skilled behaviour management support. It uses a survey of 5,360 cases referred to the National Health Service (NHS) in England, followed by in-depth group discussions and practitioner interviews. Data revealed that practitioners focused on care home residents or older people with mental health problems other than dementia, rather than community-dwelling people with dementia and their families. Barriers to access included misperceptions about the nature of distressing behaviour affecting carers, and structural limitations in the capacity of specialist services to respond to carers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180406205 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK7: P6:SJ: 5CA: QLD: L: DP: QT6: 3DP: 82 |
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