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Home-based Support

 

Walking in Another’s Shoes in home based care.
Author:
Tracey Hawkes and Susan Gee, 2013 (NZ)
Description:
This chapter reflects on some of the tensions that can arise in providing person-centred care in home-based settings, and provides brief case studies of how the person-centred dementia education impacted on home-based support workers and their day-to-day interactions in the homes of people living with dementia.
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Effective Restorative Home Support for Older People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers: A New Zealand Case Study
Author:
Annie Weir , 2018 (NZ)
Description:
This chapter identifies ten key factors of effective home support services under three broad categories, based on New Zealand research.
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Better Domiciliary Care for People with Dementia
Author:
Skills for Care, 2014 (UK)
Description:
This good practice guide from the UK  is aimed at leaders and managers working in home-based services that are providing care and support to people with dementia. The guide supports leaders and managers in developing their workforce to enable them to provide the highest quality of care in home care services. 
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Practice Guidance - Supporting the Social Care Workforce to Deliver Person Centred Care for People with Dementia
Author:
Roger Rowett for Care Council Wales, 2011 (Wales)
Description:
The primary purpose of the guidance is to assist the workforce to improve their skills, knowledge and practice in relation to person centred working. In particular, to use person centred recording processes that will assist them when supporting individuals. Managers can use this guidance to learn from the experiences of other providers who have introduced and used person centred approaches. 
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Fix Dementia Care Homecare
Author:
Alzheimers's Society (UK)
Description:
This report contains the results and stories from  surveys of people affected by dementia with experience of homecare and homecare workers, and information from local authorities in England. It sets out recommendations for key influencers to improve the experiences of people affected by dementia in receipt of homecare. 
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Long-Term Care Workforce Issues: Practice Principles for Quality Dementia Care
Author:
Susan Gilster, Marie Boltz, and Jennifer Dalessandro, 2018 (US)
Description:
The purpose of this article is to highlight areas for developing and supporting a dementia-capable workforce.
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