Designing and delivering dementia services

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: De Waal, Hugo (Hugo Eduard), 1956-
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Θέματα: Dementia > Treatment.; Dementia > Patients > Care.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Alzheimer's & Dementia.; Dementia > therapy.; Mental Health Services > organization & administration.; Patient-Centered Care > economics.; Electronic books.

Dementia is increasingly and widely recognised as a serious health and social challenge, in the developed world as well as in the developing world. The need therefore to design and implement dementia care services of high quality is becoming more and more vital, particularly given the likelihood of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The need for dementia services of excellence
• Setting the scene?
• The historical development and state of the art approach to design and delivery of dementia care services
• Services for people with young onset dementia
• Services for people with incipient dementia
• Services for people with mild dementia
• Services for people with moderate dementia
• Services for people with severe dementia
• How to get results in public policy for Alzheimer's and dementia
• Developing policy that works for dementia national and global lessons in what makes a difference
• Health economics, healthcare funding and service evaluation : international and Australian perspectives
• The Americas
• Australasia
• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Developing a business case, negotiating, securing funding
• 'Workforce planning and development'
• The role of assistive technology in the care of people with dementia.