Abstract
The paper illustrates an action-research
experience carried out in an Italian Foundation with a great tradition in dealing with Alzheimer patients. The experience has involved different professionals and patient’s relatives. The aim was directed to improve the quality of the services, with particular attention to the quality of relation between professionals and caregivers. Data comes from different methods proposed with professionals and caregivers: semi structured interviews; clinical-social elaboration groups;
DSVO (symbolic drawing of organizational lifespace); CBI (caregiver burden inventory). Verbal data has been analyzed by content analysis with the support of the software Atlas.ti,
a symbolic – interpretative analysis on
drawings and a statistical analysis on CBI. The most relevant outcomes are illustrated (e.g. change of the represenations concerning patients with Alzheimer's disease and their care)
| Lingua originale | English |
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| Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Abstracts of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology |
| Pagine | 644 |
| Numero di pagine | 1 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2010 |
| Evento | 27th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY - Melbourne Durata: 11 lug 2010 → 16 lug 2010 |
Convegno
| Convegno | 27th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY |
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| Città | Melbourne |
| Periodo | 11/7/10 → 16/7/10 |
Keywords
- action research
- alzheimer
- helth services
- ricerca azione
- servizi sanitari