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Supporting people with dementia and their carers in rural communities: conference proceedings
— papers from a conference organised by Grampian Health Care NHS Trust, Aberdeenshire Council Social Work Department and the Dementia Services Development Centre on 30 September 1998 ... | | Corporate Author | Grampian Health Care NHS Trust; Social Work Department, Aberdeenshire Council; Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling |
| Publisher | Dementia Services Development Centre, Stirling, 1999 |
| Pages | 67 pp |
| Source | Dementia Services Development Centre, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Services ; Rural areas ; Conference proceedings ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | This major conference, held in Aberdeen, was the first on this topic in Scotland, and presenters and participants came from a wide range of agencies and professions. The four papers in Part 1, on exploring issues, had learning from experience as a theme: the new drug treatments and their effectiveness; some principles for service provision; the role of psychiatry and the psychiatrist in rural communities; and lessons from a research study in Northern Ireland. Eight papers in Part 2 considered models of service provision: Community Units for the Elderly (CUEs) in York; the Joint Dementia Initiative (JDI) in Falkirk, an example of Home Day Care, or "Home from Home"; use by Stirling Council of an adult placement scheme in a rural community; the Shetland Welfare Trust; the Dachaidh Community Respite Care Scheme in Bedenoch and Strathspey; staffing issues on South Uist, Western Isles; and the CARD Project, a GP/social work initiative in Glasgow. The importance of joint working is reflected: no one agency can meet the needs of people with dementia or their carers on their own. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991123003 B |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: I: RL: 6M: 9A |
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