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Dementia day care endings
— the uncertain limits of care | | Author(s) | Betty Risteen Hasselkus, Andrea LaBelle |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-24 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Day services ; Personnel ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the endings of day care for people with dementia. Staff members from a statewide random sample of dementia day care facilities in Illinois, United States (US) were asked to think back over their practices and describe especially satisfying and dissatisfying experiences. The day care endings - either by death or by termination for other reasons - were governed by the uncertain limits of care. Dimensions of uncertainty included the capacities of the family, client and staff; the ethical dilemmas embedded in the care; and the working relationship between staff and family. The staff experiences were shaped by Western ideologies about the "good" of community care and the "bad" of institutional care. Findings suggest the need for increased staff awareness of the uncertainty that dominates the endings of day care and for better contextualisation of the endings in each client's ongoing life story. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980401401 A |
| Classmark | EA: NM: QM: DP: 7T |
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