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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141687803321

Titolo

Designing and delivering dementia services / / edited by Hugo de Waal, Constantine Lyketsos, David Ames, John O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, , 2013

ISBN

9781118378687

1118378687

9781118378663

1118378660

9781118378694

1118378695

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1968/3

Soggetti

Dementia - Patients - Services for

Dementia - Patients - Care

Dementia - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. The need for dementia services of excellence : setting the scene -- section 2. Service models -- section 3. External drivers of service development -- section 4. Services and developments around the world -- section 5. Designing and developing services.

Sommario/riassunto

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 ever increasing demand in a world, which likely sees resources at best remaining at current levels. Designing and Delivering Dementia Services describes current developments in the design and configuration of dementia services. It offers an informative and detailed overview of what constitu