The effectiveness of dementia care mapping in intellectual disability residential services: a follow-up study.
This article is presented as a follow-up to exploratory work published in this journal in 2001. It describes a study that aimed to assess the effectiveness of dementia care mapping in supporting practice improvement in intellectual disability residential services. An average of 9 hours of observational data was collected using dementia care mapping in relation to 14 adults with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. Sixteen interviews were also undertaken with staff over a 4 month period.The findings provided a detailed picture of the activities and interactions between the participants involved in the study and raised some issues about 'organizational culture' when developing person-centred approaches. They have helped strengthen the case that care mapping has the potential to be a useful addition to the existing repertoire of tools to support effective practice improvement and person-centred planning.
Jaycock
Sue
S
Research & Development Department, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, UK. sue.jaycock@nottshc.nhs.uk
Persaud
Michelle
M
Johnson
Robert
R
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D019370:Observation; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom