Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 12 Issue 2

Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice

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Table of contents - Special Issue: Dementia care – a positive future Guest edited by Alisoun Milne and Penny Hibberd

Guest Editors: Alisoun Milne, Penny Hibberd

Think relationships: caring for someone with dementia

Barbara Pointon

This paper aims to offer a family carer's personal account of the importance of relationships between the person with dementia, their carer, family, friends, health and social…

Living with dementia in a care home: capturing the experiences of residents

Alisoun Milne

The purpose of this paper is to consider the experiences and perspectives of residents with dementia living in a care home.

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Improving care for people with dementia in acute hospital: the role of person‐centred assessment

Jonathan Webster

This paper seeks to demonstrate the role of person‐centred assessment in improving the standard of care for people with dementia in acute hospitals.

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The Admiral Nurse Academy: a clinical academic pathway to support a specialist dementia nursing service

Penny Hibberd

This paper seeks to provide an overview of The Admiral Nurse Academy, which provides a web‐based resource for the clinical and academic development of all admiral nurses. Its role…

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Working in partnership with family carers: the importance of learning from carers' experiences

Joy Watkins, Lorely Stanton, Barry Saunders, Gillian Lasocki, Pat Chung, Penny Hibberd

This paper aims to discuss professionals working in partnership with family carers and the importance of learning from their experiences in designing and delivering support to…

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The aims, role and impact of an intermediate care service for people with dementia: reflections on a conference workshop

David Wilkie, James Middleton, Alison Culverwell, Alisoun Milne

This article aims to describe the aims, role and impact of a specialist intermediate care service for people with dementia in Kent, entitled the Home Treatment Service (HTS). The…

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Implications for employers of the abolition of the default retirement age

David Regan

This paper seeks to provide a summary and explanation of the legal aspects of recent changes to the UK retirement law.

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Cover of Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

ISSN:

1471-7794

Online date, start – end:

2000

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Fiona Poland