The Stroud/ADI dementia quality framework: a cross-national population-level framework for assessing the quality of life impacts of services and policies for people with dementia and their family carers.
OBJECTIVE
To generate an internationally applicable framework for the systematic assessment of the quality of life impacts of services and policies for people with dementia and their family carers.


METHODS
A qualitative analysis of text.


METHODS
Open groups at six consecutive Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) Conferences (1999-2005) lasting between 1.5 and 2 h. Data were: presenters' texts, transcribed points made during discussion and written contributions.


METHODS
Three hundred and twelve contributors of text.


RESULTS
From 2246 chunks of text, eight interacting domains relating to quality of life emerged: Public Attitudes and Understanding; Government and Social Policy; Funding for Services; Health; Communication; Choice and Personhood; Environment; and Quality of Care leading to the development of the Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework.


CONCLUSIONS
The Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework helps to structure assessment of the quality of life impacts of population level approaches in dementia impacts of population-level approaches in dementia. Information available can be mapped onto the framework. With its international approach, the Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework has validity across cultures within and between countries. It is intended as a useful aid for the assessment of services and policies for people with dementia and their family carers.
Banerjee
Sube
S
Section of Mental Health and Ageing, The Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
Willis
Rosalind
R
Graham
Nori
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Gurland
Barry J
BJ
D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011640:Public Policy; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment