Citation
(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Working with Older People, Vol. 18 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-03-2014-002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Working with Older People, Volume 18, Issue 1.
The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Working with Older People
"Rethinking a framework for dementia 2: a new model of care"
Edana Minghella
Brighton, UK
Kate Schneider
Taunton, UK
Purpose – This is the second of two papers that aim to propose a revised model of care for dementia based on the combined findings
of a number of projects undertaken by the authors.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a conceptual discussion based on the findings from a series of projects in which the key methodologies included
listening to people with dementia and carers, non-participant observation of services and reviews of good practice, policy
and literature.
Findings – The paper challenges traditional approaches to dementia services, and offers a radical new approach, based on a five-pronged
model of care: guiding principles, the condition itself, the person with the condition, services and effectiveness.
Practical implications – This paper challenges commissioners and service planners to make a radical shift in their approach to dementia, people
living with it and services and opportunities that should be in place. It proposes that dementia services should be delivered
principally in the community, led by primary care, with opportunities for inclusion and social engagement. Specialist dementia
services need to refocus on providing effective interventions, training, advice and support. People living with dementia have
assets as well as needs; this means changing practice to work alongside people as partners in care, nurture their capacity
and capabilities and recognise and pre-empt increasing needs.
Originality/value – The revised model of care implies a radically different approach to commissioning, designing and delivering services. It
is a challenging, but optimistic, model, in which high quality, focused, cost-effective services and community developments
could work together as a whole system, to make living well with dementia a real possibility.
Keywords Care pathways, Dementia, Mental illness, Models of care, Service improvements, Social care, Whole system
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13663661211286710
This article originally appeared in Volume 16 Number 4, 2012, Working with Older People
The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award
"Have you been down to the woods today?"
Neil Mapes
This article originally appeared in Volume 16 Number 1, 2012, Working with Older People
"Person centred dementia care: problems and possibilities"
Elaine Argyle
This article originally appeared in Volume 16 Number 2, 2012, Working with Older People
"The security for Chinese older people in urban-rural one-child families"
Guojun Wang, Xing Su and Alan Hatton-Yeo
This article originally appeared in Volume 16 Number 2, 2012, Working with Older People