Bradford Dementia Group Good Practices Guides, Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

Bradford Dementia Group Good Practices Guides, Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

edited by Caroline Baker, 1964-, in Bradford Dementia Group Good Practices Guides (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 210 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care. Trialled extensively by one of the UK's largest care providers, it has been proven to dramatically increase the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, significantly reducing the use of antipsychotics and the incidence of stress-related behaviours. This concise and accessible guide, written by the Director of Dementia Care at the care provider which trialled and developed PEARL, describes the key criteria of the programme, and provides best practice guidelines for dementia care practitioners wishing to use the approach in their own care home. With an emphasis on the practical, achievable elements of the programme, and drawing on many useful examples, the author and contributors provide guidelines on, amongst many things, getting the fundamentals of person-centred care right; enabling decision-making; reducing stress-related behaviours; psychosocial treatments; safeguarding; supporting staff; and involving relatives.
Field of Interest
Social Work
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Copyright Message
Copyright © Caroline Baker 2015; foreword copyright © Murna Downs 2015
Content Type
Book
Duration
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Format
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Original Publication Date
2015
Page Count
210
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Place Published / Released
London, England
Subject
Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology & Counseling, Older Adults, Health Care, Nursing homes, Memory loss, Aging, Eldercare, Neurological disorders, Macro
Series / Program
Bradford Dementia Group Good Practices Guides

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