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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Waal, Hugo (Hugo Eduard), 1956- editor.

Lyketsos, Constantine G., editor.

Ames, David, 1954- editor.

O'Brien, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Services for.

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781118378687

1118378687

9781118378663

1118378660

9781118378694

1118378695

OCLC:

828193852