Introducing the '3 Fs model of complexity' for people with dementia accessing a NHS mental health inpatient dementia assessment ward: An interpretive description study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United Kingdom, the use of the terms 'complex' and 'complexity' alongside dementia is reflected in a number of policy and practice documents. However, there is a lack of evidence that explores how complexity is perceived, constructed and experienced by people with dementia, family carers and practitioners working in the NHS dementia inpatient assessment wards [dementia assessment wards].

Objective

To explore the meaning and concept of complexity in dementia from within the setting of a dementia assessment ward and develop a practice model.

Methods

The study was conducted over three phases: 1) an online electronic survey of UK national dementia leaders; 2) individual interviews and a focus group with dementia practitioners in two dementia assessment w

SUBMITTER: Jones L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772894 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature