Person-Centred Hospital Care

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Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter.

Dementia Action Alliance (UK)

The charter provides guidance for staff, volunteers and board members to provide better outcomes in hospitals for people living with dementia and their care partners.

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Getting To Know Me (Education Kit).

University of Manchester (UK)

The Getting to Know Me programme is for staff who are providing care and support to people living with dementia in general hospitals. The free resources include a training manual, PowerPoint presentations for education sessions, videos, staff materials, and evaluation materials.

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Dementia Top 5

Dementia Action Alliance (Au)

This initiative gathers simple information from care partners of people living with dementia to help reduce the individual’s distress during a hospital stay. It is available as a toolkit for hospitals.

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The Triangle of Care: Carers Included. A Guide to Best Practice for Dementia Care.

Carers Trust, 2016 (UK)

A guide for acute hospitals to ensure that the care partners of people with dementia are identified and supported.

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Care of Confused Hospitalised Older Persons (CHOPs) Programme.

Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre (Au)

A toolkit drawn from a project called Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care, with booklets for managers, staff members, and families. The booklets focus on reducing responsive behaviours in aged residential care by working with staff, families and the physical environment.

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Hospital Care for People With Dementia: Conversations 2014.

Phil Saunders, Alzheimer’s Australia, 2015.

Alzheimer’s Australia SA held forums across metropolitan Adelaide for people living with dementia, their carers, families and service providers, to discuss hospital care for people with dementia. Participants shared their experiences of the hospital journey, from pre-admission through the hospital stay, discharge, and aftercare.

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