Early Recognition of and Responses to Dementia: Health Professionals' Views of Social Services' Role and Performance

Manthorpe, Jill; Iliffe, Steve; Eden, Alison

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch041

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“…Providing effective support for carers, including psycho-social interventions, is therefore essential to maintaining quality of life for the person with dementia, but good quality support is not always available when required (Manthorpe et al 2004). When combined with stereotypes that are associated with ageing more generally across a broad age spectrum from fourth grade school children (Seefeldt 1984) to older adults (Dobbs et al 2008), this kind of 'stigma by association' can lead to both people with dementia and their family carers experiencing double discrimination.…”

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Ageism and Dementia

Evans

2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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The term 'dementia' covers a range of neurological diseases whose most common symptoms include memory loss, disorientation, behavioural changes and difficulties with thinking or problem solving. Dementias are progressive, which means that the structure and chemistry of the brain become increasingly damaged over time. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) accounts for approximately 60% of dementias but there are many other types including Vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and Fronto-temporal dementia. Each of these has different neurological characteristics and causes specific symptoms, but it is important to recognise that the experience of dementia, whatever the type, is unique for each individual person.The number of people affected by dementia worldwide is predicted to rise from 47 million in 2015 to 75 million by 2030 and 130 million by 2050. This situation has led to calls for dementia to be recognised as a global public health priority from the EU (European Parliament 2010), the World Health Organisation (2015) and many individual countries.Although dementia is not an unavoidable consequence of ageing, and the phenomenon of early-onset dementia is widely recognised, increasing age is undoubtedly the biggest risk factor. For example, the number of people who develop AD before the age of 65 only represents 5% of all those with the disease. The prevalence of dementia increases exponentially with age in all parts of the world. Prevalence doubles with every 5

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Ageism and Dementia

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2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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“…Previous research (Manthorpe et al, 2004) identified that health care professionals, from a variety of settings in the UK, held a similar range of expectations of social services when working with people with dementia. They conceived social services as being able to offer legal and financial advice, and to provide home care that might monitor medication compliance, and they saw social services as providing care packages to enable people to live in the community, that simultaneously would support their family carers.…”

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Timely Responses to Dementia

Manthorpe

2005

Journal of Social Work

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Little attention has been paid to the impact of early recognition of dementia on mental health social work. This paper reports a small study of the views of 20 social workers employed by an English social services department to set out possible agendas for debate about the role of mental health social work in this area. A modified nominal group methodology was used in a workshop undertaken as part of a regular series of information and training days, to elicit participants' experiences of the early recognition of dementia and any anticipation about their future role.• Findings: We identified three main themes from these social workers' experiences and perceptions: diagnostic and prognostic skills; the impact of resource availability on professional activity; and a disability model of dementia. • Application: Specialist social workers working within dementia teams may have much to contribute and may find the emergence of such teams enables them to exercise their therapeutic, communication and problemsolving skills.Keywords dementia recognition early dementia social work social services 191 Journal of Social Work 5(2): 191-203

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An Evaluation Study of a Dementia Screening Program in Taiwan: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviors

Yang

Tang

Chen³

2012

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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A challenge facing dementia service providers is how to detect dementia early to facilitate timely intervention. This article reports findings of an evaluation study of a dementia-screening program in Taiwan utilizing the Theory of Planned Behaviors. We present the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) program rationale and examine the effects of this important health and social service intervention. Follow-up telephone interviews were completed by 108 respondents. Findings indicate that the SPMSQ program was successful in identifying suspected dementia. Results also show that the dementia-screening program contributed to an increase in medical service utilization and in unpaid informal care.

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Early Recognition of and Responses to Dementia: Health Professionals' Views of Social Services' Role and Performance

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Ageism and Dementia

Ageism and Dementia

Timely Responses to Dementia

An Evaluation Study of a Dementia Screening Program in Taiwan: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviors

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