| Module Code: NURM013 |
Module Title: DEVELOPING DEMENTIA CARE |
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Module Provider: Health & Social Care
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Short Name: DEMENTIACARE
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Level: M
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Module Co-ordinator: ADAMS TE Dr (HSC)
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Number of credits: 15
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Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 2 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
| Summative review of the literature and research findings in order to determine practice implications and the development of recommendations. (2500 – 3000 words) |
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| Module Overview |
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| Module Aims |
| The aim of this module is to enable students develop an informed and critical perspective on the provision of care to people with dementia and their families. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On completing this module the student should be able to:
Subject knowledge and understanding
• develop their knowledge and understanding of recent developments within dementia care and how they may be applied to practice;
• critically review key ideas that relate to dementia such as personhood, relationships, voice, narrative, evidence and body.
Cognitive skills
• develop the use of critical and reflective skills that facilitate change within dementia care settings;
• identify a range of evidence-based strategies that will promote the well-being of people with dementia and their families;
• outline a range of ethical and legal issues that relate to the well-being of people with dementia and their families;
• critically review and challenge practice in dementia care settings including one’s own, as a mean of enhancing practice.
Practical skills
• undertake appropriate decision-making based on best available evidence and known best practice within dementia care;
• enhance the standard of care and promote the dignity of people with dementia and their informal carers;
• make choices that are based on evidence drawn from a range of sources.
Key / transferable skills
• promotes the personhood and well-being of people with dementia and their family members;
• works alongside people with dementia and their carers and listens to their views and opinions;
• facilitates good communication between members of the multi-disciplinary team, including people with dementia and their families.
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| Module Content |
Theory and Practice in Dementia Care
A critical review of person-centred care and relationship centred care to people with dementia and the development of a systems approach towards dementia care. Application of various theoretical models of dementia and informal caregiving.
Social Policy and Dementia Care
Analysis of developments within social policy from institutional to community approaches.
Dementia Care Pathways
The journey people with dementia take as they receive services. Current developments in service provision for people with dementia. Care plans and care management. Informal carers and the role of the multi-agency team in assessing and promoting the well-being of people with dementia. Management of challenging and violent behaviour.
Ethics and Law in Dementia Care. Ethics issues and legal aspects as they relate to the provision of dementia care.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Taught: 22.5 hours
Self-directed: 127.5 hours
Practice:
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
ESSENTIAL READING
Downs, M. and Bowers, B. (Eds) 2008 Excellence in Dementia Care: principle and
practice. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISNB 03353223756.
Killick, J. and Allan, K. 2001 Communication and the Care of People with Dementia.
Open University Press, Buckingham. ISBN 033520774X
Kitwood, T. 1997 Dementia Reconsidered. Open University Press, Buckingham.
ISBN 0335198554
Hughes, J. Louw, S. Sabat, S. R. Dementia, Mind, Meaning, and the Person. Oxford
University Press, Oxford. ISBN – 10: 0198566151
RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL
Adams, T. (ed) 2008 Dementia Care Nursing: promoting well-being in people with dementia and their families. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN- 1403916518.
Innes, A. 2009 Dementia Studies: a social science perspective. Sage , London.
ISBN-10 1412921640.
Moniz-Cook, E. and Manthorpe, J. (Eds) 2008 Early Psychosocial Interventions in
Dementia: evidence practice. Jessica Kingsley Publications, London.
ISBN-10 1843106838
Brooker, D. 2007 Person Centred Dementia Care: Making Services Better. Jessica
Kingsley Publications, London. ISBN-10: 1843103370
Jones, G. and Miesen, B. 2007 Care-giving in Dementia. Volume 4 Brunner-Routledge,
London. ISBN-10: 158391191X
Hughes, J. and Baldwin, C. 2007 Ethical Issues in Dementia Care : Making Difficult
Decisions. Jessica Kingsley, London. ISBN-10: 1843103578
Harding, N, and Palfrey, C. 1997 The Social Construction of Dementia: confused
professionals? Jessica Kingsley Publications, London. ISBN 1853022578
Sabat, S. R. 2001 The Experience of Alzheimer's Disease. Blackwell, Oxford.
ISBN 063111216669
Baldwin, C. and Capstick, A. (2007) Tom Kitwood on Dementia. Open University Press,
Buckingham. ISBN-10: 0335222714
Downs, M. and Bowers, B. (Eds) 2008 Excellence in Dementia Care: principle and
practice. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISNB 03353223756.
Killick, J. and Allan, K. (2001) Communication and the Care of People with Dementia.
Open University Press, Buckingham. ISBN 033520774X
Recommended Journals
Age and Ageing
Dementia
Journal of Dementia Care
Related Web Sites
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
http://www.stir.ac.uk/Departments/HumanSciences/AppSocSci/DS/About.htm
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| Last Updated |
| 3RD AUGUST 2010 |
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