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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Kitwood"”.
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An exploration of strategies employed by residential aged care managers to implement person-centred care
Tom Kitwood, the founder of person-centred dementia care, called for a cultural change in care, focused on preserving the personhood of people with dementia. The person-centred model fosters a milieu where staff can provide supportive, encouraging and meaningful social relationships with care …
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The experience of caring for someone with dementia: a biographical study
… perspective of the research was person centred (Kitwood, 1997) set within the legislative and social policy framework for carers. The data was analysed primarily through pre-determined codes arising from the interview schedule and Skills for Care ‘Core Principles for Carers’ (2010) but also …
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Continuity in the Absence of Declarative Memory in Patients with Moderate Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Objective: The standard paradigm of research into dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) has yielded little in the way of effective patient treatment. Recent neuroscientific advances into the understanding of implicit memory have opened up new possibilities of patient care. The ontology developed …