1st Edition

Collaborative Practice in Dementia Care

Edited By Sundari Joseph Copyright 2026
168 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on case studies from around the world, this book explores how different professionals, organisations and agencies can and do intervene during the course of the dementia journey, from diagnosis to death, to ensure that care is integrated, coordinated and person-centred. Dementia impacts greatly on the health and social care needs for the person with dementia and their families and... Read more

1. Collaborative Practice in Dementia Care 
Sundari Joseph and Lesley Diack

 

2. ‘All in it together’: Co-production for Reviewing Dementia Services in the UK
Michele Board, Paul French, Jane Austin, Kathy Sheret Pan, Des Persse, and Rachel Weiss

 

3. Western Australia’s Experience: Educational Collaboration for Dementia Care
Jade Cartwright, Elizabeth Oliver, and Margo Brewer

 

4. Collaborative Management of Dementia in an Arab Context: Cultural Influences and Multi-Sectoral Approaches in the State of Qatar
Alla El-Awaisi, Monica Zolezzi, Suhad Daher-Nashif and Mai Elzain Omer,

 

5. The Dutch Experience: Reflecting Proactive Community Friendly Dementia Care and Interprofessional Collaboration
Steffy Stans, Petra Panis, Anita Stevens and Albine Moser

 

6. The Japanese Experience: Community Collaboration for Dementia Care
Mina Suematsu and Yusuke Suzuki 

 

7. The Irish Experience: Partnerships, Participation and Early Assessment of Dementia

Anne Griffin, Pauline Boland, Noreen O’Leary, Fiona Foley, Pamela Dunne, Evelyn Reilly, and Mary McCarron. 

 

8. Dementia Care in the Philippines: The Emergence of Collaborative Care

TJ Robinson T. Moncatar, Joseree-Ann Catindig, Kathryn Lizbeth L. Siongco, and Michael Palapal Sy

 

9. Narratives in Dementia Care
Ann Laing, William Diack, Jill Diack, and Sundari Joseph

 

10. Analysis and Summary 
Sundari Joseph

Biography

Sundari Joseph is a Practice Educator working in NHS Grampian and a retired senior lecturer and interprofessional lead at Robert Gordon University and University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK