Part 1: Unpacking What We Mean by Person-Centred Care. 1. What is Person-Centred Care? 2. Valuing People. 3. Individualised Care. 4. Personal Perspectives. 5. Social Environment. 6. Care in Context. Part 2: The VIPS Framework. The VIPS Framework: Person-Centred Care for People with Dementia. References. Subject index. Author index.
A fresh definition to the important ideas behind and the implementation of person centred care for people with dementia
Dawn Brooker is Professor of Dementia Care Practice and Research from the Bradford Dementia Group,University of Bradford. She has twenty years' academic and clinical experience of working in the field of dementia, during which her particular research interest has been the improvement of quality of life and of services for people with dementia.
The background to person-centred care is covered in depth, from the
viewpoint of the Bradford Dementia Group and the late Tom Kitwood.
It asks searching questions of readers. For example: "is there an
atmosphere of warmth and acceptance to service users?" This
straight-talking approach sets out what is acceptable.Dawn
Brooker's framework for person-centred care involves value base,
individualised approach, and perspectives of the service user and
social environment. She provides standard statements or indicators
that can be used to compare the care setting with best practice.
This is an outstanding book.
*Nursing Standard*
The book is a very valuable resource for health and social care
professionals looking to find out more about person-centred
dementia care.
*Journal of Interprofessional Care*
The most useful chapter is that on the social environment. This
contrasts examples of interactions that are negative and
unconducive to person-centred care with other, practical ways that
treat people with dementia with compassion and respect. There are
also some useful questions throughout the book to help people
collect evidence on whether the care they are delivering is indeed
person-centred, and a VIPs framework tool is included to support
the systematic assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of
practice in this respect.
*Mental Health Today*
Person-Centred Dementia Care would be useful in any occupational
therapy service that is aimed at the care of older people, where
some or all of their clients are experiencing the effects of
dementia on their lives. The book will act as a refresher for
practitioners and an introduction for students. It looks at the
revolutionary work of Tom Kitwood in the filed of dementia care as
well as that of John Killick and Kate Allan. The book, though
brief, is a thorough revisit of their themes about the design of
good care for people with dementia. It goes on to expand on the
four elements and how these may be identified in day-to-day
practice. It is written clearly and with the economy of
language.This book would be especially useful in a service
undergoing review of development, perhaps involving a
multi-disciplinary team. For occupational therapists in a community
setting it offers a way of evaluating services available locally
for clients to judge their sustainability for individuals…Themes
are developed in a concise way with illustrations and background
information to allow the reader to stay in touch with what is being
discussed. The book achieves its aims of examining person-centred
dementia care and providing a model by which to judge its
application in the field. It would be an economical and useful
addition in a department.
*Occupational Therapy for Older People*
This is a very readable book and one I would recommend to health
care chaplains of all kinds... The book is about staff as well as
people with dementia and can apply in any setting. It is probably
an important book for health care chaplains, particularly those who
see themselves as chaplain to the organisation. This book shows how
difficult it can be to provide to be provide person centred loving
and appropriate care in organisations. It also gives the direction
of travel for health care chaplains who are chaplains for the whole
organisation. I would highly recommend this work.
*Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy*
The author identifies four elements of person-centred dementia
care. These are valuing the person, taking an individualised
approach, understanding the person's perspective; and the social
environment. Author Dawn Brooker describes in concrete terms what
each of these concepts means and how they can be assessed. She also
outlines the potential consequences when each of the elements is
either neglected or emphasised at the cost of others.Anyone who has
been to a care home will empathise with Brookers' analysis of how a
resident's feelings can be brought down by careless staff
behaviours and how good examples of good practice can be similarly
inspiring…This book will stimulate essential thought and debate
amongst all who work with vulnerable people.'
*Involve*
Professor Brooker's book is a welcome and fitting tribute to the
outstanding legacy of her late colleague and mentor, Tom Kitwood,
and the continuing pioneering work of the Bradford Dementia Group.
For such a small book it certainly packs a punch and is both
informative and thought-provoking. It is easy to follow and clearly
written, and gives the reader definitions of the important ideas
behind patient-centred care, and their implementation in the care
of people with dementia... This book is essential reading and comes
highly recommended for anybody working with people with dementia
and their carers, including policy makers, professionals and
service providers at all levels.
*British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing*
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