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Promoting well-being and independence for people with dementia
— commentary | | Author(s) | R Mitchell |
| 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 107-109 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Well being ; Independence ; Self care capacity ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Independence and well-being are two of the care values that have been continually written into the service standards and philosophies of care for those with dementia and their carers. Much of Bob Woods' paper concentrates on physical independence, but more from an institutional care staff viewpoint. He also stresses the key role of the caregiver. Woods' paper encourages perseverance in the task of researching quality care without minimising the inherent difficulties. Mitchell, as a service provider finds the following to be important: more psychologists as part of mental health teams for older people; help for service providers to carry out more objective evaluations; provision of independent assessors; and protected money for evaluation. Research needs to tell the practitioner whether knowing the diagnosis and receiving information, support and counselling in the early stages can have an effect on a person's sense of well-being and independence in the short and long term. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825228 A |
| Classmark | EA: D:F:5HH: C3: CA: 3A:6KC |
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