Source
Section of Mental Health and Ageing, The Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To generate an internationally applicable framework for the systematic assessment of the quality of life impacts of services and policies for people with dementia and their family carers.
DESIGN:
A qualitative analysis of text.
SETTING:
Open groups at six consecutive Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) Conferences (1999-2005) lasting between 1.5 and 2 h. Data were: presenters' texts, transcribed points made during discussion and written contributions.
PARTICIPANTS:
Three hundred and twelve contributors of text.
RESULTS:
From 2246 chunks of text, eight interacting domains relating to quality of life emerged: Public Attitudes and Understanding; Government and Social Policy; Funding for Services; Health; Communication; Choice and Personhood; Environment; and Quality of Care leading to the development of the Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework.
CONCLUSIONS:
The Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework helps to structure assessment of the quality of life impacts of population level approaches in dementia impacts of population-level approaches in dementia. Information available can be mapped onto the framework. With its international approach, the Stroud/ADI Dementia Quality Framework has validity across cultures within and between countries. It is intended as a useful aid for the assessment of services and policies for people with dementia and their family carers.