• Qual Health Res · Nov 2005

    Comparative Study

    A comparative study of dementia care in England and the Netherlands using neo-institutionalist perspectives.

    • Susanne Kümpers, Ingrid Mur, Hans Maarse, and Arno van Raak.
    • Social Science Research Center, Berlin, Germany.
    • Qual Health Res. 2005 Nov 1;15(9):1199-230.

    AbstractIn this article, the authors compare dementia care in England and the Netherlands. They used qualitative methods to explore recommended standards of service provision and perceived achievements in mainstream care. They found some similarities in recommended standards and in major shortcomings in mainstream services: notably, weaknesses of generic services in supporting patients and carers, and failure to achieve integrated care. Priorities regarding service provision differed. Whereas in England, a social model of care was used to encourage empowerment of both the person with dementia and the carer, Dutch care professionals focused more on "warm care concepts" and on support of the carer rather than the patient. The balance between community care and institutional care also differed. The authors used neo-institutionalist concepts to explore these similarities and differences as embedded in the (historically developed) structural and cultural contexts of the respective health and social care systems.

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