Experts examine dementia care

The University's Bradford Dementia Group recently hosted a two day conference titled 'Maximising the Effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping.'

The event was attended by Dementia Care Specialists representing a range of professional backgrounds. The purpose of the conference was to examine how Dementia Care Mapping can be revised in order to maximise its role in promoting quality care for sufferers and to discuss what improvements can be made to training in the UK and abroad.

Dementia Care specialists at the conference (left)

Murna Downs, Professor in Dementia Studies and Head of Bradford Dementia Group said: "Dementia Care Mapping has grown into an internationally recognised method for evaluating care and promoting staff development within formal care settings for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

The number of people affected by dementia is growing and concerns about the adequacy of formal care services for people with dementia have been raised for a number of years."

Dementia Care Mapping is the first systematic method to have been devised for looking at details of the care process. It involves producing a dementia care 'map' which summarises the overall quality of care.

This information is analysed and used to improve the care process. Papers presented at the meeting will be collated into a booklet and the conference will yield a report that will be made available over the web.

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