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Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, and be supported to be part of their communities.This practical guide explains how to deliver personalised services and support for people with dementia through simple, evidence-based person-centred practices. The authors clearly explain personalisation and current person-centred thinking and practice, providing many vivid examples of how it has been achieved in community as well as residential care settings. They guide the reader through using a range of person-centred practices. Strategies for ensuring a good match between the person with dementia and the staff and volunteers supporting them are also described. In the final chapter, the reader is introduced to Progress for Providers, a photocopiable tool for tracking progress in delivering appropriate personalised support for people with dementia living in care homes.This is essential reading for dementia care practitioners and managers, as well as social and health care workers, community workers and students.

Dispelling the myths about how personalisation works for people with dementia living in care homes, this book demonstrates how to introduce Individual Service Funds (ISFs), what works and what doesn't, and how to deal with difficulties and setbacks.Individual Service Funds are one way that people living with dementia can have a personal budget. The authors explain how they went about introducing the principles of ISFs to people living with dementia in a large care home in Stockport, without using any additional funding. They describe the person-centred practices used and the involvement of the council, commissioners, staff and families. Through clear and detailed stories and examples, they demonstrate the dramatic approach to quality of life for people with dementia the approach can deliver. There is a strong emphasis on managerial and organisational issues, including getting staff 'on board', providing adequate support, budgeting, building effective partnerships and implementing change.Providing helpful insights and examples for good practice, this book is essential reading for all those involved in providing personalised care for people with dementia living in care homes, including care staff, care home managers, local authority commissioners, service providers and policy makers.

Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community. Drawing on a wealth of experience of working with older people, the authors present the 6 essential person-centred practices.Each of the practices is designed to support the individual and put what is important to and for the person at the forefront of their care. Each practice has been tailored so that older people can express more easily what does and does not work for them. By actively listening and making each person feel appreciated, the practices represent practical tools for frontline practitioners to form good relationships with people in their care. With supporting stories and full colour photographs to illustrate how person-centred thinking and practice is used in real-life settings, there are many examples to help practitioners to overcome challenges and to really implement positive, effective changes to care.This practical book will be a valuable resource for care staff, social workers and healthcare workers who want to learn about person-centred practices to deliver best practice care and support.

Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, and be supported to be part of their communities.This practical guide explains how to deliver personalised services and support for people with dementia through simple, evidence-based person-centred practices. The authors clearly explain personalisation and current person-centred thinking and practice, providing many vivid examples of how it has been achieved in community as well as residential care settings. They guide the reader through using a range of person-centred practices. Strategies for ensuring a good match between the person with dementia and the staff and volunteers supporting them are also described. In the final chapter, the reader is introduced to Progress for Providers, a photocopiable tool for tracking progress in delivering appropriate personalised support for people with dementia living in care homes.This is essential reading for dementia care practitioners and managers, as well as social and health care workers, community workers and students.

Dispelling the myths about how personalisation works for people with dementia living in care homes, this book demonstrates how to introduce Individual Service Funds (ISFs), what works and what doesn't, and how to deal with difficulties and setbacks.Individual Service Funds are one way that people living with dementia can have a personal budget. The authors explain how they went about introducing the principles of ISFs to people living with dementia in a large care home in Stockport, without using any additional funding. They describe the person-centred practices used and the involvement of the council, commissioners, staff and families. Through clear and detailed stories and examples, they demonstrate the dramatic approach to quality of life for people with dementia the approach can deliver. There is a strong emphasis on managerial and organisational issues, including getting staff 'on board', providing adequate support, budgeting, building effective partnerships and implementing change.Providing helpful insights and examples for good practice, this book is essential reading for all those involved in providing personalised care for people with dementia living in care homes, including care staff, care home managers, local authority commissioners, service providers and policy makers.

Personalisierung beruht auf personzentrierter Pflege und konzentriert sich auf die Frage, wie man Menschen mit Demenz in Dingen, die ihr Leben betreffen, mehr Wahl- und Entscheidungsfreiheit einräumen kann, und welche Unterstützung sie benötigen, um Teil ihrer Gemeinschaften bleiben zu können. Dieses Handbuch erläutert, wie Menschen mit Demenz durch einfache, evidenzbasierte personzentrierte Praktiken individuell betreut und unterstützt werden. Die Autorinnen stellen mit klaren Worten dar, was Personalisierung ist, was man heute unter personzentriertem Denken versteht und wie personzentrierte Praxis aussieht, wobei sie anhand vieler lebendiger Beispiele zeigen, wie Personalisierung im ambulanten Setting sowie in der stationären Versorgung bereits erbracht wurde. Sie helfen der Leserschaft, sich diverse personzentrierte Praktiken anzueignen. Ferner beschreiben sie Strategien zur Bildung harmonisierender Teams aus der Person mit Demenz, ihren Pflegekräften und den Ehrenamtlichen. Im letzten Kapitel wird ein fotokopierbares Assessmentinstrument für Pflegeheime vorgestellt, das ihnen hilft, ihre Fortschritte bei der personalisierten Unterstützung von Menschen mit Demenz zu erkennen und ihr Angebot zu verbessern. Die angeführten Praxisbeispiele sind sehr real und berührend; sie unterstreichen, dass hier nicht lediglich eine Trockenübung stattfindet. Wer sich für personzentrierte Pflege einsetzt, muss dieses Buch unbedingt lesen. Prof. Dawn Brooker