Article

Person-centred care (PCC) is recommended when working with patients with
neurological difficulties. Despite this, to date there has been no appropriate
methodology for assessing or developing PCC in neurorehabilitation settings.
Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is a well-established tool for assessing and
developing PCC in dementia settings and the current study investigated the
feasibility of applying DCM on an acute neurorehabilitation ward. DCM procedure
and coding required minor adaptations for use in this setting and further
recommended adaptations were subsequently identified. It was found that the DCM
coding system was generally suitable and could identify strengths, weaknesses and
areas for development in ward care. Q-methodology identified that staff views
endorsed the feasibility of using DCM in neurorehabilitation, with staff
reporting that they found DCM useful and relevant to their work. DCM could be
further developed for this setting by amendments to the behaviour coding system,
concept and coding of person-centred care, and a population-specific manual. DCM
is a promising methodology to develop and promote PCC in neurorehabilitation.

Langue : ANGLAIS