The views of older people with dementia need to be applied to the design, management, evaluation and implementation of the services that support them. Looking at the roles of those who decide on how, what, where and when care is given, as well as those who deliver care, this book addresses three fundamental questions: * Why should we access the perspective of older people with dementia? * How should we attempt to achieve this? * What are the implications when we do so? The way in which society supports older people is gaining increasing public and media attention, as is the accountability of...
The views of older people with dementia need to be applied to the design, management, evaluation and implementation of the services that support them....
Involving citizens in policy decision-making processes - deliberative democracy - has been a central goal of the Labour government since it came to power in 1997. But what happens when members of the public are drawn into unfamiliar debate, with unfamiliar others, in the unfamiliar world of policy making at national level?This book sets out to understand the contribution that citizens can realistically be expected to make. Drawing on the lessons from an ethnographic study of a public involvement initiative in the health service - the Citizens Council of NICE (National Institute for Clinical...
Involving citizens in policy decision-making processes - deliberative democracy - has been a central goal of the Labour government since it came to po...
