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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
What is evaluation? / Anthea Innes and Louise McCabe -- Problems in evaluating dementia care / Caroline Cantley -- Internal versus external evaluation / Carolyn Lechner -- The policy context for evaluating dementia care / Louise McCabe -- Evaluating technology for dementia care / Alison Bowes -- Evaluating long stay care settings : the environment / Helle Wijk -- Evaluating long stay care settings : a study of a life review and life storybook project / Faith Gibson, Barbara Haight and Yvonne Michel -- Evaluating long stay settings : reflections on the process with particular reference to dementia care mapping / Anthea Innes and Fiona Kelly -- Evaluating long stay interventions : concealment of medication / Oyvind Kirkevold -- Evaluating the experience of people with dementia in decision-making in health and social care / Jeanne Tyrrell -- Ethics, evaluation and dementia / Julie Christie -- User involvement in evaluations / Charlie Murphy -- Evaluation of dementia care in resource-scarce settings / Jurate Macijauskiene -- Building on the lessons of evaluations / Louise McCabe and Anthea Innes. |
| Summary |
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 text is essential reading for dementia care practitioners at all levels, as well as students and researchers interested in dementia care practice. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dementia -- Patients -- Care.
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care. |
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Dementia -- Patients -- Services for.
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Dementia -- Patients -- Services for. |
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Dementia. |
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Dementia -- Treatment -- Evaluation.
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Dementia -- Treatment. |
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Evaluation. |
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Dementia -- nursing. |
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Long-Term Care -- methods. |
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Health Services Research -- methods. |
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care -- methods. |
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Research Design. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Innes, Anthea.
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McCabe, Louise.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Evaluation in dementia care. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 1843104296 9781843104292 (DLC) 2006019503 (OCoLC)70158403 |
| ISBN |
9781846425561 (electronic book) |
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1846425565 (electronic book) |
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1843104296 (paperback) |
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9781843104292 (paperback) |
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