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Losing track of time: dementia and the ageing prison population
— treatment challenges and examples of good practice | | Author(s) | Adam Moll |
| Corporate Author | Mental Health Foundation |
| Publisher | Mental Health Foundation, London, 2013 |
| Pages | 40 pp |
| Source | www.mentalhealth.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Mental disorder ; Prisoners ; Psychiatric treatment ; Therapy ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Dementia presents a looming problem for prisons responsible for a rapidly growing population of older people, yet to date it remains largely overlooked. While there has been increased academic interest in the impact of this demographic shift on a criminal justice system designed to house younger people, dementia has attracted little attention. This report aims to scope existing research on treating and managing male offenders with cognitive impairment, to identify and share examples of good practice employed by a handful of prisons around the globe. Each establishment identified was invited to complete a comprehensive survey detailing their policies and provisions in the following areas: screening, diagnosing and referral processes; specialist staff training; collaboration with specialist external agencies and voluntary sector organisations; prisoner carer or buddy programmes; alternative activities and services for the cognitively impaired; older prisoner forums and centres; and desired additional resources to better manage prisoners with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130913209 E |
| Classmark | EA: E: TGF: LP: LO: 583 |
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