Monitoring the Quality of Dementia Care：The Development of Indicators Using the Delphi Method

• Main Authors: Yi-wen Wang, 王宜雯
• Other Authors: Hong-Jer Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08021250198838236050

碩士 === 國立台北護理學院 === 長期照護研究所 === 98 === As the current estimated number of people with dementia has already reached 100,000 and is growing with the aging population in Taiwan, dementia care has become one of the most important long-term care issues. To guarantee the quality and client-centeredness of care, it is necessary to develop standards and indicators to guide the process and methods of service provision throughout the course of dementia care. Thus, this research aims to identify the quality indicators (QIs) for different stages of dementia care. The objectives of this study are: (1) constructing the QIs of dementia care; (2) proposing practical suggestions for the service provision and policy planning in the field of dementia care. The exploration of quality indicators were achieved with two-round modified Delphi method. Results showed that 115 quality indicators has been identified across the six stages of dementia care, namely screening (10 QIs), diagnosis/ assessment (18 QIs), treatment (11 QIs), care planning/ service transition (7 QIs), service provision (58 QIs), and following up (11 QIs). Such indicators can help to direct the development of a comprehensive dementia care model and methods of quality assessment.