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Quality of Dementia Care in the Community: Identifying Key Quality Assurance Components

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Primary care-based memory clinics (PCMCs) have been established in several jurisdictions to improve the care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. We sought to identify key quality indicators (QIs), quality improvement mechanisms, and potential barriers and facilitators to the establishment of a quality assurance framework for PCMCs. METHODS: We employed a Delphi approach to obtain consensus from PCMC …

Authors

Heckman GA; Boscart VM; Franco BB; Hillier L; Crutchlow L; Lee L; Molnar F; Seitz D; Stolee P

Journal

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 164–181

Publisher

Canadian Geriatrics Society

DOI

10.5770/cgj.19.233

ISSN

1925-8348