Evaluation in Dementia Care

Name: Evaluation in Dementia Care
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ISBN: 9781843104292

ISBN-10: 1843104296

ISBN-13: 9781843104292

Edition: 2007

Authors: Anthea Innes, Louise McCabe

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This authoritative collection sets out the critical role and application of evaluation in identifying and developing good practice in a range of dementia care settings. The contributors discuss the evaluation of care at different levels and in various settings, particularly long stay care, covering evaluation methods, ethics, use of technology and the user's role in the evaluation process itself. Their contributions on evaluating aspects of dementia care ranging from life story work and environmental considerations to medication and dementia care mapping is a useful basis for the discussion of future challenges in evaluation of dementia care. Practical and theoretical, this wide-ranging…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.924




Contexts of evaluating dementia care



What is evaluation?




Problems in evaluating dementia care




Internal versus external evaluation




The policy context for evaluating dementia care




Evaluating dementia care : practicalities and reflections



Evaluating technology for dementia care




Evaluating long stay care settings : the environment




Evaluating long stay care settings : a study of a life review and life storybook project




Evaluating long stay settings : reflections on the process with particular reference to dementia care mapping




Evaluating long stay interventions : concealment of medication




Evaluating the experience of people with dementia in decision-making in health and social care




Future challenges in evaluating dementia care



Ethics, evaluation and dementia




User involvement in evaluations




Evaluation of dementia care in resource-scarce settings




Building on the lessons of evaluations