"That's how we do it ... we treat them all the same" : an exploration of the experiences of patients, lay carers, and health and social care staff of the care received by older people with dementia in acute hospital settings / Fiona Cowdell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowdell, Fiona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The prevalence of dementia is increasing rapidly as the population ages and there is a steady rise in people with dementia being admitted to acute hospitals. Media coverage of the care received by people with dementia in acute hospitals is almost wholly negative. The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed description of what the experience, both positive and negative, is really like from the perspectives of patients, lay carers, and health and social care staff, and to propose a model ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - LITERATURE REVIEW; CHAPTER TWO - METHODOLOGY; CHAPTER THREE - THE COMMENTARY; CHAPTER FOUR - PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER FIVE - INTEGRATIVE REVIEW; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 19, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6663-6

OCLC:

890530525