Case management: Dementia in the elderly

Introduction

This implementation plan aims to present what needs to be put into consideration when
taking the necessary measures in caring the elderly people in the society who are vulnerable to
dementia. Therefore, the objective of the paper is to construct an implementation plan that is
detailed enough and which will provide the necessary steps in providing care for these elderly
community members. The public policy objective for these vulnerable older people is essentially
to both facilitate and encourage independent living in their homes. Thus, what needs to be
implemented is the mentioned public policy objective that is, encouraging and facilitating the
independent living of the elderly in their own homes for a long time and preventing them from
suffering from dementia. The community care emphasis in the official statements for a long time
has failed to match with a community sector increase in resources that is significant. Therefore,
there is a need to increase the necessary resources that will be enough to take care for the elderly
and as a result this will prevent them from suffering from dementia.

Roles and Responsibilities

In general all the community members irrespective of where they come from will be
responsible for caring our parents and grand parents hence this will show them that they are
loved and appreciated in our society and as a result of this the number of those suffering from
dementia will reduce drastically. There is also a need for a team to be formed whose objective
will be to ensure that the elderly are taken care of and provided with everything that they require.
This team roles and responsibilities will therefore be that of mobilizing the pool of resources that
will be enough in controlling our elderly members from suffering from dementia. These
resources will be used to provide them with what they require that will be a step in controlling
dementia.

Major tasks

The selected team will be responsible for the provision of major tasks in this
implementation plan. The initial task of the team is providing the overall planning and
coordination for implementation. The team members need to be given adequate training since
they will be sent out in the field to educate the community members about the importance of
caring for these elderly society members. The management in the team will have a task of
ensuring that all the manuals which are applicable to implementation effort are available to all
when required or needed.

In addition, the team major task will be performing surveys before the implementation.
The team members will conduct a research to determine the nature of this condition. This is
crucial since it will give an estimate of the amount of work required to be done and the amount
of resources that are required in the overall plan.
 The other task will involve promoting the welfare, health, and the autonomy of the older
people. The team will also promote a better understanding of the concept of ageing and the older
people. Liaising with the international bodies with similar functions will be another function of
the team so that its activities will be strengthened.

Implementation schedule

The first activity will be that of assessing the nature of this condition where the team
members will visit various hospitals to take the data of those who are suffering from dementia.
The second activity to be accomplished will be that of educating the society members about this
psychological problem where the selected team will show them the advantages of accepting the
elderly through showing them love. The community members will also be educated about the
disadvantages of secluding the elderly. The other activity will involve taking the necessary steps
in the implementation process.

Approach to gain buy-in from key stakeholders

Gaining buy-in in this implementation plan is necessary to ensure that there will be no a
single difficulty. Person centered planning approach will be vital because it outlines the set of
approaches that are designed to assist the team members to plan the implementation of this plan
accordingly. This life planning model will enable the elderly people with dementia to improve
their independence. This approach is imperative because it has the ability of convincing the
stakeholders the importance of taking care of the elderly and the various factors that lead them to
suffer from dementia.