IMPROVING PERSON-CENTRED CARE IN NURSING HOMES THROUGH DEMENTIA-CARE MAPPING: DESIGN OF A CLUSTER-RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Improving person-centred care in nursing homes through dementia-care mapping: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background The effectiveness and efficiency of nursing-home dementia care are suboptimal: there are high rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms among the residents and work-related stress among the staff.Dementia-care mapping is a person-centred care method that may alleviate both the resident and the staff problems.The main objective of this

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