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Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities : resi...

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Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities : residential dementia care : environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy.

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Full title

Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities : residential dementia care : environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy.

Publisher

[Canberra] : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services, 1997.

Date

1997.

Call Numbers

NQ362.1968983/8

Record Identifier

74VvpdzdMGwd

MMS ID

991005162669702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxii, 109 p. ; 30 cm.

Contents

10.5. Accommodation models -- 10.5.1. Mainsteam care approaches -- 10.5.2. Mainsteam facilities with dementia wings -- 10.5.3. Stand alone dementia facilities -- 10.5.4. Mixed dementia and frail aged approaches -- 10.5.5. Cluster house models -- 10.5.6. Mixed cluster arrangements -- 10.6. Special bu...

4.3. Admission and discharge criteria for behavioural problems -- 4.4. Admission and discharge criteria for physical dependence and activities of daily living -- 4.5. Discussion -- section 5. Specialist support services -- 5.1. General practitioners -- 5.2. Development of general practitioner servic...

6.2. Care planning and dementia management plans -- 6.2.1. Care plan content -- 6.2.2. Use of care plans -- 6.2.3. Strategic dementia management plans -- 6.2.4. Preparation and use of a modified approach -- 6.3. Written policies on dementia care practices -- 6.4. Processes for dealing with problem b...

6.7.5. The roles of nursing and direct care staff -- 6.8. Therapeutic approaches -- 6.9. Activity of dementia programs -- 6.9.1. Activities provided -- 6.9.2. Program operation -- 6.9.3. Impact of dementia programs -- 6.9.4. Types of activity programs -- section 7. Involvement of relatives -- 7.1. G...

9.4. Direct care organisation -- 9.4.1. Structuring the care: direct care models -- 9.4.2. Allocation of care hours -- 9.4.3. Resident-staff assignment models -- 9.4.4. Multi-tasking approaches -- 9.5. Discussion -- section 10. Dementia care: the vision and the reality -- 10.1. Most effective aspect...

Section 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Questionnaire -- 1.2. Sample characteristics -- 1.2.1. Location -- 1.2.2. Financial category -- 1.2.3. Organisational type -- 1.2.4. Outcome standards results -- section 2. Building construction -- 2.1. Date of building construction -- 2.2. Type of dementia specific a...

Publication information

Publisher

[Canberra] : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services, 1997.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

1997.

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Access Conditions

Commonwealth of Australia 1997.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

This paper describes the environments and care practices adopted in Commonwealth funded hostels and nursing homes for people with dementia and challenging behaviour. It also provides some guidance on the current views on best practice for residential dementia care.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities : residential dementia care : environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy.

Portion of title

Residential dementia care: environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Aged and community care service development and evaluation reports ; no. 28.

Working paper / Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services ; no. 3.

Bibliography: p. 109.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

NQ362.1968983/8

Record Identifier

74VvpdzdMGwd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpdzdMGwd

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ISBN

0644397802 :

9780644397803

0644397802

9780644397803 :

DDC

362.196898300994

MMS ID

991005162669702626

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