the culture of care in a way that is useful to
residents, families and staff is rarely explored
in the literature.
collection of information, the development
of individualized tools and the best use of
the tools is very complex. It challenges the
prevailing culture by placing the individual and
their journey at the centre.
people at all levels of functioning and need,
requiring a flexible approach to its construction.
life story tools into residential care culture, and
covers this in the context of:
· The admission process.
· The assessing of the specific requirements
be happy to expand on this in the context
of a practical "How to" workshop as was
run at Brisbane 20111, if the committee is
doing something similar this time round. As a
workshop this would provide attendees with
the information to replicate the programme
Northern NSW Local Health District
the community. The number of people with
dementia is projected to increase by 39% this
decade. It is timely therefore to investigate
models of service delivery. There is dearth of
literature about effective models that enable
the advances in intervention and management
to be delivered to people living at home. The
author of this paper is a Social Worker and
Team Leader of a rural Dementia Outreach
Service, who is undertaking a research project
supported by NSW Health.
model of an existing dementia outreach service
to establish best practice and to identify areas
for improvement.
staff, community agencies and experts to
be involved in the study and provided a
means for applying results directly to service
improvement. Data was collected though four
focus groups. Additional data was collected
from service records, hours of service
delivered, and motor vehicle usage. A review
of literature, policy, funding, demography and
workforce contextualised the study.