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Dementia assessment services
— what are the perceptions of older people? | | Author(s) | Ruth Walker, Julie Ratcliffe, Amy White, Renuka Visvanathan |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 37, no 1, March 2018 |
| Publisher | Wiley, March 2018 |
| Pages | pp 43-47 |
| Source | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Evaluation ; Diagnosis ; Family care ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to determine how older people with dementia and their family caregivers experience dementia assessment services and preferences for future configuration of diagnostic services. Qualitative, semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with nine individuals with dementia. In seven instances, the caregiver also took part in the interview, and on two occasions, the interview was with the person with dementia only. An important contact during assessment of dementia was the general practitioner, in particular working in a way or timeframe which provided clarity and comfort to the person with dementia and their family members. A problematic factor in clear diagnosis was when probable dementia was suspected during hospitalisation for another complaint. Participants expressed a wide range of views in terms of preferred settings for diagnostic services. These findings highlight some key considerations, which should be included in future research leading to decisions about the design of dementia client services. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180406213 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4C: LK7: P6:SJ: DP |
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