(NSW) has implemented a creative four -part
project to help people with dementia and their
partners enjoy more social time together.
Memory Lane Restaurant, Memory Lane
Café, Memory Lane Coffee Club & Memory
Lane Leisure group are all part of the Memory
Lane Doing things Together project , four
interlinked programs reconnecting people
with dementia and their partners to their
community.
Services discovered an "overwhelming"
request for respite activities which involved
the partner of the person with dementia rather
than excluding them. Working on the premise
that respite and relief from stress, whilst
keeping a carer and their dependent together,
is possible, Community Care Services has
undertaken a study into the impact on the
wellbeing of people with dementia and their
carers whilst participating jointly in meaningful
social and/or recreational activities within an
informal community settings but where such
settings also offer safety & security. This study
was funded by the NSW Department of Family
and Community Services , Ageing, Disability
and Home Care (ADHC) with the support of
the DCRC-UNSW.
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Clinical Nurse Educator (Research), Southern
Tasmanian Area Health Service
Briony Campbell, Mary FitzGerald,
Andrew Robinson
care to older persons in hospitals remains an
context and how evidence based care might
be applied is necessary to provoke change
and modification of care provided by clinicians
on a day to day basis. This presentation
draws on data from several research projects
undertaken at the study site including 1) focus
groups with staff in residential aged care and
the emergency department, 2) observation
of care in the Emergency Department, 3)
observation of care on hospital wards, and 4)
interviews with patients and carers. Transfer
of person centred information with residents
transferred from aged care facilities to the
emergency department is initially explored.
Data from observations undertaken in the
emergency department and on wards in acute
care provide further understanding of `what it
is like' for patients, carers and family members
to be in the hospital environment. The findings
from the three studies demonstrate health
care professionals need to further pursue
improvements in care to this group of people,
whilst maintaining care that is shown to have
a positive impact. Recommendations for
change include greater negotiation of care
with patients, families and carers, and being
attentive to the issues of boredom, routine and
work priorities.
University of Canberra Faculty of Health
encompassing Dementia, remains complex.
Scope for enhancement, particularly in
the arena of liberation through promotion