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| What do service planners and policy-makers need from research? | | Author(s) | Mary Marshall |
| Corporate Author | "What Works in Dementia Care" Symposium, Stirling, 1998 |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 2 [Proceedings of the symposium held in Scotland, June 1998, Part 1], February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 86-96 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Policy ; Planning [admin] ; Social policy ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Nine policy preoccupations have been identified in a recent study of dementia care policies in all European countries. People with dementia should be enabled to to remain at home for as long as possible: carers should receive as much help as possible to facilitate this. Sufferers should retain maximum control over support received. All relevant services should be provided locally. Those in institutional care should live in surroundings which are as "homely" as possible. Other points deal with equating service provision with need; care to address sufferers' general needs; early diagnosis; and no separation from older people in general. These principles are used to structure a set of issues which researchers might usefully address to assist service planners and policy-makers. Areas where there is already a research literature are identified. Some description and commentary on the application of current policies in the UK is provided to illustrate the need for research. It is suggested that service planners and policy-makers identify issues only remotely related to research, if at all. However, the importance of a research base is stressed with the suggestion that research in related fields could usefully be transferred. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825225 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: QAD: QA6: TM2: 74 |
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