German expert group for dementia care
The German Expert Group Dementia Care eV ( DED ) is a professional association of people from different professional groups. It sees itself as representing the interests of people with dementia and those who care for, accompany and care for them. DED was founded in 1997 and holds workshops for its members and the interested public twice a year.
aims
The aim of DED is to collect the existing expert knowledge on the care of people with dementia , to disseminate this knowledge and thus to improve their care and support. DED wants to:
- improve understanding of people with dementia and their behavior,
- work together with suitable cooperation partners to improve the framework conditions (appropriate human and material resources),
- Make offers for quality development in the care and support of people with dementia and
- Support research in the field of care for people with dementia.
Working and specialist conferences
DED organizes workshops for members and interested parties twice a year on current topics in the field of care for people with dementia . The focus is on the exchange of knowledge and experience. DED also organizes specialist conferences for the interested public at irregular intervals.
List of workshops from 2010 to 2017
- October 2017 Münster: Dementia - Nursing challenges
- March 2017 Darmstadt: Crossing borders and violence in the care of people with dementia
- October 2016 Lutherstadt Eisleben: "Please sit down again!" - dementia and exercise
- April 2016 Fulda: Who cares? Strategies in shortage
- October 2015 Berlin: 20 years of DED - The future of care and support for people with dementia
- April 2015 Frankfurt am Main: Palliative care for dementia - Successful concepts and ethical questions
- October 2014 Magdeburg: Dementia in people with mental illness
- April 2014 Hamburg: fell asleep? Did you sleep through the night? Slept well? - Changes and challenges for people with dementia and carers
- October 2013 Erfurt: How many skilled workers do people with dementia need?
- April 2013 Essen: Frontotemporal dementia
- April 2012 Iserlohn: Testing on the test bench
- October 2011 Berlin: From I to We - Experiences from group work with people with dementia
- April 2011 Lutherstadt Eisleben: attracting employees - promoting employees - retaining employees
- October 2010 Stuttgart: How are you? Well-being of people with dementia and employees
- April 2010 Weimar: Additional supervisors according to § 87b and § 45b SGB IX - challenge to our creative ability
List of conferences
- 2012 Hanau: Among each other, with each other, for each other: learning from each other. IQM dementia - consistent milieu therapy. Quality controls in the home
- 2008 Rendsburg: Caring for people with dementia - a challenge to our ability to cooperate
- 2007 Hanover: Humans do not live from bread alone - ethical aspects of nutrition for people with dementia
- 2006 Bad Arolsen: "Crazy" quality - future-oriented strategies for quality assurance
- 2005 Hamburg: Dealing with risks in the care of dementia sufferers
- 2003 Hamburg: Quality in the life of dementia sufferers?
- 2002 Hamburg: Dementia - Life within Limits
Members
DED has around 170 members from different professional groups in inpatient , outpatient and semi-inpatient care and support for people with dementia . These include a .:
- Geriatric nurses , care service managers and facility managers,
- Health and nursing staff ,
- Occupational therapists ,
- doctors ,
- Psychologists ,
- Social workers and social pedagogues ,
- Senior councils and members of Alzheimer's self-help groups.
German quality alliance for dementia
The German Dementia Quality Alliance (DQD) is part of DED. The DQD is an association of geriatric care facilities that use the IQM - dementia quality management system developed by DED . The IQM - Dementia is a quality management system especially for care facilities with dementia care.
Publications
DED publishes recommendations and handouts on the care and support of people with dementia at regular intervals .
- Claus Appasamy et al .: The PEG Myth. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) for dementia. A handout for decision-making for carers and carers. Hamburg 2009.
- Jens Bruder et al .: Development of a quality assurance and testing system for special care for dementia, taking into account the legal regulations (QSP special care for dementia) . Hamburg 2007.
- Thomas Scharfenberg et al .: Implementable fire protection measures in geriatric care facilities for special care for dementia. A recommendation for action. Hamburg 2005.
- Thomas Scharfenberg et al .: Hygiene standards that can be implemented in eat-in kitchens for people with dementia. A recommendation for action. Hamburg 2005.
- Jitka Benesova et al .: Recommendations for the restraint of dementia sufferers. Hamburg 2005.
- Andrea Brinker et al .: For the care of people with dementia in day care facilities. Hamburg 2005.
- Jan Wojnar: Drug treatment for people with dementia. Hamburg 2004.
- Mechthild Lärm: Eating and drinking keep body and soul together. Recommended action on nutrition and hydration for dementia patients in geriatric care facilities. Hamburg 2003.
- German expert group for dementia care eV: DED inventory for assessing changes in cognitive functions, affectivity and behavior of dementia patients Hamburg 1998.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Articles of Association of the German Expert Group Dementia Care eV on their website, accessed on October 29, 2014.
- ↑ Specialist conferences on the DED website, accessed on August 25, 2018.
- ↑ [2] Excerpt from the list of DED working meetings on its website, accessed on October 29, 2014.
- ↑ [3] List of DED specialist conferences on its website, accessed on October 29, 2014.
- ↑ Members of the DED website, accessed on August 25, 2018.
- ↑ [4] Internet site of the IQM Demenz, accessed on December 1, 2014.
- ↑ [5] List of DED publications on its website, accessed on October 29, 2014.