Developing a dementia-friendly Christchurch: Perspectives of people with dementia

Smith, Karen; Gee, Susan; Sharrock, Tal; Croucher, Matthew

doi:10.1111/ajag.12287

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“…As demonstrated in the three examples given in Table 1, the concept of ‘dementia-friendly’ may target PWD [8,10], or both PWD and their caregivers [11▪]. Even though most would agree that a critical way to support PWD is to support their caregivers, many insist that PWD should remain central when defining ‘dementia-friendly’.…”

Section: Communities Working Towards Becoming Dementia Friendlymentioning

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“…Even though most would agree that a critical way to support PWD is to support their caregivers, many insist that PWD should remain central when defining ‘dementia-friendly’. To add to another level of complexity, the concept of ‘community’ may represent a place, the social and physical environments, an organization, a group of individuals, a society, a culture, or virtual communities [9▪▪,10,11▪]. What ‘community’ means to one may be completely different from another.…”

Section: Communities Working Towards Becoming Dementia Friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These attributes may imply that the purposes of becoming dementia friendly are to acknowledge the ‘personhood’ of PWD [12], and to sustain their sense of meaning in life. In Definition 2, the essential attributes of ‘dementia-friendly’ include way-finding ability, a sense of safety, accessibility to local facilities, social acceptance, and understanding of dementia [10]. The emphasis on community accessibility and social acceptance may represent the view of dementia as a type of disability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Smith et al [10] investigated perspectives of PWD on rebuilding Christchurch, New Zealand as a dementia-friendly city postearthquake. Page et al [26] identified a new concept, ‘dementia-friendly tourism’, within a destination context and examined supply and demand issues associated with dementia-friendly tourism in the UK.…”

Section: Dementia-friendly Communities: Practice and Researchmentioning

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‘Dementia-friendly communities’ and being dementia friendly in healthcare settings

Lin

2017

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose of review This review discusses the concept of ‘dementia-friendly communities’ and summarizes the latest research and practice around such communities. This review also highlights important topic areas to be considered to promote dementia friendliness in healthcare settings. Recent findings Definitions of ‘dementia-friendly communities’ reflect the contemporary thinking of living with dementia (e.g., dementia as a disability, equal human rights, a sense of meaning). Existing research has covered a wide range of topic areas relevant to ‘dementia-friendly communities’. However, these studies remain qualitative and exploratory by nature and do not evaluate how dementia-friendly communities impact health and quality of life of people living with dementia and their caregivers. In healthcare settings, being dementia friendly can mean the inclusion of people with dementia in treatment discussion and decision-making, as well as the provision of first, adequate and appropriate service to people with dementia at an equivalent standard of any patient, second, person-centered care, and third, a physical environment following dementia-friendly design guidelines. Summary Research incorporating more robust study designs to evaluate dementia-friendly communities is needed. Being dementia-friendly in healthcare settings requires improvement in multiple areas – some may be achieved by environmental modifications while others may be improved by staff education.

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Section: Communities Working Towards Becoming Dementia Friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Communities Working Towards Becoming Dementia Friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Communities Working Towards Becoming Dementia Friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dementia-friendly Communities: Practice and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Dementia-friendly communities’ and being dementia friendly in healthcare settings

Lin

2017

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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“…The importance of working with end‐users is highlighted in relation to planning a dementia‐friendly city and producing a diversity conceptual model for aged care , respectively. Several articles illustrate the patient–clinician relationship in disease management, with Mastwyk et al.…”

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2016

Australas J Ageing

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How do community based dementia friendly initiatives work for people with dementia and their caregivers, and why? A rapid realist review

Thijssen

Daniëls

Lexis

et al. 2021

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objectives To describe and explain the outcomes of community dementia friendly initiatives (DFIs) for people with dementia and their caregivers to inform the development and tailoring of DFIs. Methods Literature searches on DFIs were performed through two systematic online database searches of PubMed, Embase, ASSIA, CINAHL and Google scholar. Papers were only included if they evaluated outcomes using empirical data from people with dementia or caregivers. Data collection and analysis were guided by the categorization in the DEM‐FACT taxonomy and RAMESES guidelines for realist reviews. Results Of 7154 records identified, 22 papers were included with qualitative, mixed method and quantitative study designs. The synthesis led to a description of programme theories addressing caring, stimulating and activating communities. Outcomes for people with dementia and caregivers included having contact with others, enjoyment and decrease of stress and, lastly, support. This synthesis also indicated how people with dementia participated in a specific role in DFIs, such as patient, team member or active citizen. Conclusions DFIs generate different outcomes for people with dementia and caregivers, depending on the kind of initiative and the specific role for people with dementia. These findings could be a catalyst for initiation and further development of DFIs in a dementia friendly community (DFC). This draws attention to the multiple aspects of DFCs and supports reflection on their essential principles.

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Developing a dementia-friendly Christchurch: Perspectives of people with dementia

Abstract: The themes that emerged about what people with dementia seek from dementia-friendly communities reinforce previous research, but with an overlay of the difficulties of living in an earthquake-damaged city.

Cited by 40 publications

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‘Dementia-friendly communities’ and being dementia friendly in healthcare settings

‘Dementia-friendly communities’ and being dementia friendly in healthcare settings

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How do community based dementia friendly initiatives work for people with dementia and their caregivers, and why? A rapid realist review

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