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Overview
The way in which society supports older people is gaining increasing public and media attention, as is the accountability of the care services to their clients. Including the Person with Dementia in Designing and Delivering Care outlines a framework of recommended measures for working with older people with dementia, firmly rooted in the care expectations and suggestions of dementia sufferers themselves. This book will be an invaluable resource for all those involved in the planning and provision of support services for older people with dementia.The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
For anyone who decides on the how, what, where, and when of dementia care, or is involved in delivering it, Barnett (Open U. Business School) demonstrates how to gain access to the perspective and the lived experience of care of elderly clients with dementia, and the effect of doing so on care delivery. When cost and effectiveness are balanced, she argues, cost should include the emotional and psychological costs borne by all involved, and effectiveness should me measured by how closely care meets needs.
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