Rehabilitation in dementia care
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Date
2017-11-29
Authors
Cations, Monica
Laver, Kate
Crotty, Maria
Cameron, Ian D
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Oxford
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
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British Geriatrics Society.
Abstract
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation is increasingly accepted as valuable in the management of chronic disease. Whereas traditional rehabilitation models focussed on recovery, maintaining independence and delaying functional decline are now considered worthwhile aims even where full recovery is not feasible. Despite this, rehabilitation is notably absent from dementia care literature and practice. People with dementia report frustration with the lack of availability of structured post-diagnosis pathways like those offered for other conditions. Alternative terms such as ‘re-ablement’ are used to refer to rehabilitation-like services, but lack an evidence-base to guide care. This commentary will discuss possible reasons for the resistance to accept multidisciplinary rehabilitation as part of dementia care, and identifies the value of doing so for people with dementia, their families, and for health professionals.
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
Keywords
dementia, rehabilitation, care,, service,, multidisciplinary,, older people
Citation
Cations, M., Laver, K. E., Crotty, M., & Cameron, I. D. (2017). Rehabilitation in dementia care. Age and Ageing, 47(2), 171–174. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx173