The Integrated Atlas of Dementia Care in the Australian Capital Territory: A Collective Case Study of Local Service Provision.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study evaluates the dementia care system in a local area and aimed to include all specialised services designed to provide health and social services to people with dementia or age-related cognitive impairment, as well as general services with a high or very high proportion of clients with dementia.

Methods

The study used an internationally standardised service classification instrument called Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs for Long Term Care (DESDE-LTC) to identify and describe all services providing care to people with dementia in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Results

A total of 47 service providers were eligible for inclusion. Basic information about the services was collected from their websites, and further inform

SUBMITTER: Tabatabaei-Jafari H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860480 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature