Desired characteristics and outcomes of community care services for persons with dementia: What is important according to clients, service providers and policy?

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-96

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   White, Fiona ^a   Jeon, Yun Hee ^b   Gresham, Meredith ^c   Brodaty, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Hammond Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community aged care; Dementia; Quality care

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879503171     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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