The compound role of a coordinator for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the number of persons with dementia is increasing, there has been a call for establishing sustainable clinical pathways for coordinating care and support for this group. The [e-mail] trial is a multicomponent, multi-disciplinary intervention combining learning, innovation, volunteer support and empowerment. To implement the intervention, a municipal coordinator has a crucial role. Implementation research on multicomponent interventions is complex and we conducted a qualitative study, aiming to explore the coordinator role and how a coordinator may empower persons with dementia in decision-making processes.

Methods

Qualitative program evaluation combined with a hermeneutic interpretive approach was chosen as methodological approach. Sixteen dyads, consisti

SUBMITTER: Fæo SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670600 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature