Leading for Outcomes: dementia

24th June 2011 1

Ellen Daly, Project Officer (Evidence-informed Practice)

Developing the guide

• Collaboration with Dementia Services Development Centre

• Piloted with two groups

• Expert readers

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About the guide

• introduction to dementia

• key policies and legislation

• signposts to other relevant resources

• exercises and supporting training materials

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Key issues explored• Benefits and challenges

of an outcomes-focused approach in context of dementia

• Outcomes and dementia

• Different living contexts

• Risk

• Communication

• Negotiating and setting outcomes

• The role of the carer

• Capacity

• Measuring progress

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Setting the context

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Outcomes

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Exercises Training materials

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Supporting information

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Scenarios

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