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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Nov 21;14(1):104–114. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.10.006

Table 1. Principles Guiding Comprehensive Dementia Care at Home.

  • Delivery of high value care

    • ○ Practices that are evidence-based and/or evidence informed

    • ○ Seamless from time of diagnosis to end-of-life including bereavement

  • Needs based (e.g., unmet needs, needs prioritized by families, caregiver identified needs)

  • Therapeutics, practices, strategies tailored to needs, values, beliefs, practices of families

  • Access to information, strategies, therapeutics when needed and as needed

  • Caregiver-and person with dementia centered care provision

    • ○ Purposeful engagement in decision making

    • ○ Considered as active members of the treatment team