Using the Newcastle Model to understand people whose behaviour challenges dementia care.

Jackman, Louisa; Beatty, Aileen

Using the Newcastle Model to understand people whose behaviour challenges dementia care.

Authors

Jackman, Louisa

Beatty, Aileen

Issue Date

2015

Abstract

"National guidance for working with people whose behaviour challenges in dementia care suggests that a psychosocial approach should be the first-line intervention. However, there is little guidance for nurses about how to assess and manage behaviour that challenges in people with dementia. Nurses across specialties who work with older people might be asked to contribute to an assessment or provide advice to care home staff or families. This article presents one psychosocial model – the Newcastle Model – that provides a framework and process in which to understand behaviour that challenges in terms of needs which are unmet, and suggests a structure in which to develop effective interventions that keep people with dementia central to their care."

Citation

Jackman, L. and Beatty, A. (2015) Using the Newcastle Model to understand people whose behaviour challenges dementia care. Nursing Older People; 27 (2): 32-39.

Publisher

Nursing Older People

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14445/329

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7748/nop.27.2.32.e666

ISSN

2047-8941

Collections

Psychology and Psychiatry
Elderly Care

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