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Amsterdam, Nether l ands
Journal of Neuropsychiatry
ISSN: 2471-8548
Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2018
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W o r l d c o n g r e s s o n
Alzheimer’s and Dementia
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hanging cultures towards person centred approaches in dementia care has
seen significant progress within the past few years but do person centred
approaches alone make for a good care home experience? A pilot programme
(involving 12 care homes) was initially developed to bring together the latest
thoughts and ideas in dementia care along with four levels of dementia care
training to help care homes to consolidate best practice to enhance the well-
being of residents living with dementia. The model is underpinned by the seven
domains of well-being (Powers 2014) and is currently being implemented within
160 care homes across the United Kingdom with 52 homes accredited so far
with achieving 10-60-06 status. All homes on the programme receive advice and
support to implement the 76 standards froma dementia care specialist throughout
the programme, along with training in levels 1-4 around dementia care developed
by the team. In addition, each home introduces a specific activity intervention
that has been shown to have some positive effect on well-being for example,
music therapy, namaste, doll therapy and reminiscence therapy through the
introduction of digital slide shows. This presentation will share some key findings
that have been obtained during the programme including improvements in well-
being, reductions in distress, and reductions in anti-psychotics, depression and
improved pain scores. The programme has also helped care homes to achieve
improved regulatory ratings. The dementia care team at Barchester have also
published a book outlining the main activities that are being utilised to improve
well-being that are demonstrated through individual case studies.
Biography
Caroline Baker is aRegisteredMental HealthNursewith over
30 years of experience in Dementia Care. She is currently the
Director of Dementia Care for Barchester Healthcare who
own over 200 care homes, 160 of which provide Dementia
Care. She is the Author of two books about dementia care
and has published several articles within nursing journals.
She has won the Lifetime achievement in Dementia Care at
the UKDC Dementia Care Awards in 2014.
rebecca.barnard@barchester.com10-60-06 steps to enhance dementia care
Caroline Baker
Barchester Healthcare, UK
Caroline Baker et al., J Neurol Neurosci 2018, Volume: 2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8548-C1-002