Patient-focused care Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions. The support for a…
Interprofessional education (IPE) Interprofessional education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care (http://www.caipe.org.uk/about-us/defining-ipe/). When students from…
Ethics The body of values and judgements relating to human conduct, especially with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions, and to the motives and ends of such…
Interprofessional The terms ‘interprofessional education/practice/teamwork’ etc. have been defined by various groups. These terms are often used interchangeably. Where we simply use the term ‘interprofessional’, we do so when two…
Dementia Dementia is now referred to as a neurocognitive disorder (NCD) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), that is, the result of chronic or progressive damage to the brain. Early signs of…
Environmental design Environmental design is the process of addressing surrounding environmental factors when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings or products. Table 10.1 Principles of environmental design for people with dementia…
Personality Personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make a person unique. It arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout…
Interprofessional The terms ‘interprofessional education/practice/teamwork’ etc. have been defined by various groups. These terms are often used interchangeably. Where we simply use the term ‘interprofessional’, we do so when two…
Leadership Leadership is a process of social influences that maximise the efforts of others towards the achievement of a goal. Why has this move away from doctors always being legally…
Dementia Dementia is now referred to as a neurocognitive disorder (NCD) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), that is, the result of chronic or progressive damage to the brain. Mace and Rabins…
