Manthorpe, J;
Hart, C;
Watts, S;
Goudie, F;
Charlesworth, G;
Fossey, J;
Moniz-Cook, E;
(2018)
Practitioners’ understanding of barriers to accessing specialist support by family carers of people with dementia in distress.
International Journal of Care and Caring
, 2
(1)
pp. 109-123.
10.1332/239788218X15187915193354.
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Abstract
Distressing symptoms in dementia are hard to manage for many family carers. This article explores practitioners' perceptions of the barriers to accessing skilled behaviour management support encountered by carers. A survey of cases referred to the English National Health Service (n = 5,360) was followed by in-depth group discussions and practitioner interviews. Data revealed that practitioners focused on care home residents or older people with mental health problems other than dementia, rather than community-dwelling people with dementia and families. Barriers to access included misperceptions about the nature of distressing behaviour affecting carers and structural limitations in the capacity of specialist services to respond to carers.
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