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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Remote and Rural Dementia Care: Policy, Research and Practice -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Remote and rural dementia care: why is this important for policy, research, practice and the lived experience of dementia? -- References -- Part I Policy drivers -- 2 The future of dementia care in rural areas of the world -- Introduction -- Rural poverty and its effects on living with dementia -- Stigma -- a particularly rural problem? |
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Supporting people with dementia in under-resourced LMIC rural settings -- The role of technology -- International efforts to influence dementia care -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Addressing dementia needs in Australia -- Introduction -- Australian Government policy relating to dementia -- Dementia and rural Australia -- Dementia and the rural workforce -- Dementia and rural family carers -- Innovative approaches to dementia services in rural Australia -- Example 1: training rural dementia volunteers -- Example 2: Wattle House, a rural hospital dementia unit |
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Example 3: SENDER and Verily Connect: apps to help navigate the service landscape -- Example 4: improving rural dementia care pathways -- Example 5: Let's CHAT: an ageing well initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples -- Future initiatives -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Norwegian remote and rural dementia care -- Introduction -- Services for people with dementia -- Policy drivers -- Legislation -- Patients' Rights Act -- Health and Care Services Act -- Special Health Services Act -- Health Care Personnel Act -- National Dementia Plan 2015 -- National Dementia Plan 2020 |
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National guidelines for dementia diagnostics and care -- Services for rural people early in their dementia journey -- Services for rural people with more advanced dementia -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Research evidence -- 5 Rural dementia research in Canada -- Introduction -- Dementia in Canada -- Rural dementia care in Canada -- RaDAR research programme -- Rural and Remote Memory Clinic -- Training and capacity building -- RRMC patient and caregiver database -- Future research in RRMC -- Rural primary healthcare research -- Need for model of rural primary healthcare for dementia |
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Stakeholder planning session on priorities in rural dementia care -- Provincial environmental scan -- Partnership with Sun Country Health Region -- Development and implementation of a rural PHC model for dementia -- Process evaluation -- Future RaDAR research directions -- References -- 6 Timely diagnosis of dementia in rural areas in Austria: the Dementia Service Centre model -- Introduction -- Development of the Dementia Service Centres model -- Goals and basic definitions -- Dementia specificity -- Pre-diagnostic counselling -- Long-term support -- Spirit of encouragement -- One-stop shop |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive review of dementia research, policy and practice in remote and rural settings. Drawing on case studies from the UK, Australia, Europe and North America, it sets out the unique needs of sufferers and carers in isolated locations, and identifies areas for future research and improvements in dementia services |
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Title from content provider |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Case studies
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Dementia -- Patients -- Services for -- Case studies
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Caregivers -- Services for -- Case studies
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Rural health -- Case studies
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Medical care.
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Dementia
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Patient Care
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Rural Health Services
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Medical care
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Caregivers -- Services for
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care
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Dementia -- Patients -- Services for
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Rural health
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Innes, Anthea
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| ISBN |
9781447344964 |
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1447344960 |
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9781447344971 |
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1447344979 |
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