- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Chapter 30 Integrating geriatrics principles into primary care
- Chapter 31 Clinical interventions in home care
- Chapter 32 Geriatric patients in the emergency department
- Chapter 33 Critical illness and intensive care
- Chapter 34 Older people presenting to acute care hospitals
- Chapter 35 Post-acute care and intermediate care
- Chapter 36 Preoperative assessment and perioperative management
- Chapter 37 Long-term care
- Chapter 38 Dementia specialist care units
- Chapter 39 Transitions between care settings until death
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing
(p. 281) Dementia specialist care units
- Chapter:
- (p. 281) Dementia specialist care units
- Author(s):
Rebecca Palm
and Sabine Bartholomeyczik
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0038
Dementia specialist care units (DSCUs) provide care for people with dementia and severe challenging behaviour who live in nursing homes. They are an alternative care setting within traditional nursing homes. By providing certain physical design features, employing staff with additional dementia expertise and training, enhancing psychosocial care, and focusing on the active involvement of families, these units aim to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their families. However, research has not demonstrated a clear benefit of DSCUs for people with dementia to date. Nevertheless, they are regarded as an essential pillar of dementia long-term care services and are a topic of several national dementia strategies.
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- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Chapter 30 Integrating geriatrics principles into primary care
- Chapter 31 Clinical interventions in home care
- Chapter 32 Geriatric patients in the emergency department
- Chapter 33 Critical illness and intensive care
- Chapter 34 Older people presenting to acute care hospitals
- Chapter 35 Post-acute care and intermediate care
- Chapter 36 Preoperative assessment and perioperative management
- Chapter 37 Long-term care
- Chapter 38 Dementia specialist care units
- Chapter 39 Transitions between care settings until death
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing