Informationen zum Autor David Challis is a Professor of Community Care Research and Director, PSSRU at the University of Manchester, UK. Caroline Sutcliffe is a Research Associate, PSSRU at the University of Manchester, UK. Jane Hughes is a Lecturer of Community Care Research, PSSRU at the University of Manchester, UK. Richard von Abendorff, fomerly Research Fellow, PSSRU at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Pamela Brown, formerly Research Officer, PSSRU at the University of Kent and formerly Senior Research Fellow, PSSRU of the University of Kent and John Chesterman, formerly PSSRU from the University of Kent, UK. Klappentext Supporting People with Dementia at Home details a groundbreaking study of an intensive care management scheme designed for older people with dementia that are at risk of entry into residential care. It offers valuable evidence on the factors which can maximize the independence and well being of older people with dementia. For those who commission services, it is highly relevant to service models for the National Dementia Strategy in England. Zusammenfassung A study of an intensive case management scheme designed for older people with dementia at risk of entry to residential care. It offers evidence about the factors which can maximize the independence and well being of older people with dementia, from the perspective of older people and their carers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Older People with Dementia: The Development of Community Care; Chapter 2 Care Management for Older People with Dementia; Chapter 3 Service Setting; Chapter 4 Research Methodology; Chapter 5 Care and Support at Home for Older People and Their Carers; Chapter 6 Service Development; Chapter 7 The Experience of Older People; Chapter 8 The Experience of Carers; Chapter 9 The Cost of Care Multiple Perspectives; Chapter 10 Predictors of Costs Individual Characteristics; Chapter 11 Evaluation and Evolution;...

Klappentext

Supporting People with Dementia at Home details a groundbreaking study of an intensive care management scheme designed for older people with dementia that are at risk of entry into residential care. It offers valuable evidence on the factors which can maximize the independence and well being of older people with dementia. For those who commission services, it is highly relevant to service models for the National Dementia Strategy in England.

Zusammenfassung
A study of an intensive case management scheme designed for older people with dementia at risk of entry to residential care. It offers evidence about the factors which can maximize the independence and well being of older people with dementia, from the perspective of older people and their carers.

Inhalt

List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Older People with Dementia: The Development of Community Care; Chapter 2 Care Management for Older People with Dementia; Chapter 3 Service Setting; Chapter 4 Research Methodology; Chapter 5 Care and Support at Home for Older People and Their Carers; Chapter 6 Service Development; Chapter 7 The Experience of Older People; Chapter 8 The Experience of Carers; Chapter 9 The Cost of Care Multiple Perspectives; Chapter 10 Predictors of Costs Individual Characteristics; Chapter 11 Evaluation and Evolution;