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Promoting Resilience in Small-Scale, Homelike Residential Care Settings for Older People with Dementia: Experiences from the Netherlands and the United States

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Supported by a cultural change movement, resilience in long-term dementia care has become increasingly relevant and important. The process of cultural change promotes resident-directed care and quality of life, with the care-based relationship between the resident and direct care workers emphasized (Foy Whithe-Chu et al.). Examples of this cultural change include care settings in a homelike environment focusing on residents’ autonomy, opportunity for choice, and sustaining a sense of self and control. This chapter illustrates characteristics and experiences with homelike dementia care setting in the Netherlands and United States.

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Verbeek, H., Kane, R.A., van Rossum, E., Hamers, J.P.H. (2011). Promoting Resilience in Small-Scale, Homelike Residential Care Settings for Older People with Dementia: Experiences from the Netherlands and the United States. In: Resnick, B., Gwyther, L., Roberto, K. (eds) Resilience in Aging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0232-0_19

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