Using Appreciative Inquiry to promote choice for older people and their carers
Patience Seebohm
(UK)
Julie Barnes
(UK)
Salma Yasmeen
(Dementia and Older Adults Mental Health Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Margaret Langridge
(Mental Health of Older Adults, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
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Abstract
This article describes how an ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ approach was used in south London to enhance the levels of choice that older adults with dementia or mental health problems and their carers have in relation to the care and support they receive.
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Citation
Seebohm, P., Barnes, J., Yasmeen, S., Langridge, M. and Moreton‐Prichard, C. (2010), "Using Appreciative Inquiry to promote choice for older people and their carers", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 13-21. https://doi.org/10.5042/mhsi.2010.0618
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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