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. 2015 Jul;14(4):513-27.
doi: 10.1177/1471301213502214. Epub 2013 Oct 17.

Dementia service centres in Austria: A comprehensive support and early detection model for persons with dementia and their caregivers - theoretical foundations and model description

Stefanie R Auer  1 , Edith Span  2 , Barry Reisberg  3
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Dementia service centres in Austria: A comprehensive support and early detection model for persons with dementia and their caregivers - theoretical foundations and model description

Stefanie R Auer et al. Dementia (London). 2015 Jul.

Abstract

Despite the highly developed social services in Austria, the County of Upper Austria, one of the nine counties of Austria had only very limited specialized services for persons with dementia and their caregivers in 2001. Support groups existed in which the desire for more specialized services was voiced. In response to this situation, funding was received to develop a new structure for early disease detection and long term support for both the person with dementia and their caregivers. This article describes the development of the model of the Dementia Service Centres (DSCs) and the successes and difficulties encountered in the process of implementing the model in six different rural regions of Upper Austria. The DSC was described in the First Austrian Dementia Report as one of the potential service models for the future.

Keywords: caregiver support; early disease detection; integrated care; nonpharmacological treatment of dementia; persons with dementia.

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