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1. Availability and Primary Health Care Orientation of Dementia-Related Services in Rural Saskatchewan, Canada.

Author

Morgan, Debra G., Kosteniuk, Julie G., Stewart, Norma J., O’Connell, Megan E., Kirk, Andrew, Crossley, Margaret, Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, Forbes, Dorothy, and Innes, Anthea

Subjects
*STATISTICAL correlation, *COUNSELING, *DEMENTIA, *HEALTH promotion, *HEALTH services accessibility, *HOME care services, *MAPS, *RESEARCH methodology, *PRIMARY health care, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH funding, *RURAL health services, *STATISTICAL sampling, *SCALE analysis (Psychology), *SOCIAL support, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

The article presents a study on the availability of dementia-related services in Saskatchewan which are analyzed using the key attributes of primary health care including comprehensiveness, population orientation and coordinated care. Dementia-specific services such as health promotion, counseling and transportation are found to be unavailable in most communities. Limited availability of specific services for rural residents with dementia is also noted.

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2015
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2. Availability and Primary Health Care Orientation of Dementia-Related Services in Rural Saskatchewan, Canada

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Andrew Kirk, Dorothy Forbes, Julie Kosteniuk, Norma J. Stewart, Margaret Crossley, Megan E O'Connell, Debra Morgan, Anthea Innes, and Vanina Dal Bello-Haas

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Palliative care, availability, Population, Primary health care, Article, Health Services Accessibility, access, Nursing, Orientation (mental), Respite care, Health care, Humans, Medicine, Dementia, Community Health Services, education, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Community and Home Care, education.field_of_study, Primary Health Care, business.industry, Health Policy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Original Articles, Transitional Care, medicine.disease, Saskatchewan, 3. Good health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health promotion, rural health service delivery, Family medicine, Female, Rural Health Services, business, Needs Assessment
Abstract

Community-based services are important for improving outcomes for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. This study examined: (a) availability of rural dementia-related services in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, and (b) orientation of services toward six key attributes of primary health care (i.e., information/education, accessibility, population orientation, coordinated care, comprehensiveness, quality of care). Data were collected from 71 rural Home Care Assessors via cross-sectional survey. Basic health services were available in most communities (e.g., pharmacists, family physicians, palliative care, adult day programs, home care, long-term care facilities). Dementia-specific services typically were unavailable (e.g., health promotion, counseling, caregiver support groups, transportation, week-end/night respite). Mean scores on the primary health care orientation scales were low (range 12.4 to 17.5/25). Specific services to address needs of rural individuals with dementia and their caregivers are limited in availability and fit with primary health care attributes.

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2015
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