Home Instead Senior Care launches new guide to dementia care to support healthcare professionals

11/02/2010 09:47:02

Home Instead Senior Care, Ireland's trusted source of home care for seniors, has published a new guide to help healthcare professionals care for people with dementia. Entitled, 'Dementia in Primary Care: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals Working in Dementia Care', the guide features contributions from Ireland's most esteemed dementia experts and addresses central issues about dementia care such as general approaches to dementia care, communicating with dementia patients and capacity assessment.

The guide also includes a resource directory with a full list of memory clinics and older people's organisations making it a valuable tool to those involved in gerontology, psychiatry and general medicine.

Commenting on the new guide, Dr Suzanne Cahill of the Dementia Services Information and Development Centre (DSIDC) and Trinity College Dublin said: "This new publication truly lives up to its name of being a guide- it is very informative and provides useful information about almost everything healthcare professionals need to know about dementia such as the early signs of dementia, challenging behaviours and the importance of adopting a person-centered approach to dementia care. It can be read either cover-to-cover or used as a reference guide". 

The booklet was developed by Joanne Flood, Registered Psychiatric Nurse and Community Education and Development Officer with Home Instead Senior Care. Speaking about the new guide, Joanne said: "This booklet has been developed to assist healthcare professionals caring for an increasing number of people with dementia. It is estimated that there will be between 80,000 and 100,000 people in dementia over the next thirty years making it one of the greatest medical challenges of the twenty first century. It is an invaluable resource for anyone working in primary care".

Please click on the following link to access a copy of the new guide: Dementia in Primary Care.pdf. You can also call Home Instead Senior Care in 1890 930 013 to order a free copy.