TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ventura, Antonio
AU  - Avesani, Mirko
AU  - Matarazzo, Carmine
AU  - Simoncelli, Graziana
AU  - Gazzoni, Graziana
AU  - Podavini, Elena
AU  - Terzi, Donatella
AU  - Taragnani, Antonella
AU  - D'angelis, Claudia
AU  - Capiluppi, Giancarla
AU  - Frittoli, Lorella
AU  - Talassi, Erika
AU  - Balzanelli, Alida
AU  - Galante, Emanuela
AU  - Biagi, Felice
AU  - Bellani, Angela
AU  - Faroni, Sara
AU  - Frisardi, Vincenza
AU  - Basili, Consuelo
AU  - Galavotti, Maurizio
AU  - ciccone, Alfonso
AU  - Stucchi, Carlo Maria
AU  - Cilia, Maria Cristina
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/02/27
TI  - Improving the HealthCare of People with Dementia beyond the Diagnosis: The “Carlo Poma Dementia Care Pathway” Study Protocol
JO  - OBM Geriatrics
SP  - 036
VL  - 03
IS  - 01
AB  - The WHO global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017-2025 stressed the need to have a comprehensive approach with deep interconnections and cross-cutting elements through several action areas. As the elderly population grows worldwide, the number of patients with dementia increases rapidly because age is an important risk factor for developing late-onset dementia. Currently, dementia syndrome represents a true emergency. Once a diagnosis of dementia was made, informal caregivers, patients and their household, they swing between desires, fear, concerns about the present and the future. In fact, in several clinical context there is not a possibility to have specific services able to address the critical issues, which could happen along the disease’s course. Despite extensive research in the field of dementia, there still exist a deficiency in the quality of dementia care. There is a paucity of robust results concerning the care experiences of patients with dementia. It is mandatory to understand these experiences if we want to address care inequalities and create impactful dementia policies to improve services for supporting individuals and family caring, and promoting a good quality of life for all people affected by this devastating disease. Aim of this article is to describe the development of an operational protocol to improve the healthcare of people with cognitive impairment and their family. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to assure the whole services that a patient with dementia (PwD) needs. Frequently, this is due to a lack of communication between public hospitals and local authorities. We believe that it is possible to improve the quality of life of PwD and to optimize the public health expenditure through the creation of a specific care network. The services integration means to guarantee the continuity of care and the appropriateness of access to health care, avoiding inappropriate use. This could result in both reducing the healthcare costs and saving resources.
SN  - 2638-1311
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.1901036
DO  - 10.21926/obm.geriatr.1901036
ID  - Ventura2019
ER  -