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Lloyd, H.

Patient safety in community dementia services: what can we learn from the experiences of caregivers and healthcare professionals?

Objectives: this study aims to explore how patient safety in community dementia services is understood by caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Methods: cross-sectional analysis of guided one-to-one interviews with 10 caregivers, and 10 healthcare professionals. Results: caregivers and healthcare professionals identified a range of issues including medication errors, mis-communication between professionals, unclear service pathways and the effects of stress on caregivers’ behaviour.

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 19:21