Table 2.
Responsibility to care | Practice restrained by policy | In it together | Improving nutritional care |
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• Care is a constant • Dealing with dementia as a GP • Monitoring and auditing • Promoting an active role • Responsibilities and measures • Role of the district nurse • The attributes you need to care for someone with dementia • The extended role of health professionals • The role of carers • The role of the social worker |
• Time is limited • The value and disvalue of other support services • Tensions and frustrations • Resource Policy and Care Provision Models • Power removed • Assessments and Care Plans • A happy social environment can’t be measured |
• Family carers need as much support • How care workers can support • Male carers cope better than females • Nutritional care is everyone’s responsibility • Togetherness • We are all in it together • Working with family caregivers • Worry and concerns involved with nutritional care |
• Taking a problem-solving approach • Opportunities for improvement • Meal delivery is not enough • Malnutrition management • Making it better • Generational changes in nutritional knowledge • Awareness vs. knowledge |