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Table 1 Care activities in the mapping system with newly added or; removed activities and refined description of activities

From: Dementia care and service systems – a mapping system tested in nine Swedish municipalities

Care activities in the original mapping system

Care activities in the developed mapping system

Screening, the diagnostic procedures, and treatment

Screening, the diagnostic procedures and treatment

 Dementia screening programme/“case finding”

 No changes

 Standard diagnostic procedure for dementia disease

 No changes

 Pharmacological treatment specific for dementia disease

 No changes

 Non-pharmacological treatment

 No changes

 Pharmacological treatment specific for BPSD

 No changes

 Non-pharmacological treatment specific for BPSD

 No changes

 Memory clinic

 No changes

Outpatient care facilities

Outpatient care facilities

 Outpatient clinic specific for dementia diseases

 Newly added activity - Specialized team in primary care for PwD

 Counselling

 No changes

 Day care/Day activity/Day Care Centre/Day hospital

 No changes

 Day care/Day activity/Day Care Centre/Day hospital specialized in dementia care

 No changes

Care at home

Care at home

 Will be presented elsewhere

 One activity removed and will be presented elsewhere

Institutional care

Institutional care

 Rehabilitation in institution

 Newly added activity – Safety accommodation for people 70+

 Residential home/Sheltered home/Assisted living

 Newly added subactivitya – Respite care, temporary and in case of emergency

 Nursing home, for older people in general

 Newly added subactivitya – Respite care, specialized in dementia care, temporary and in case of emergency

 Nursing home, specialized in dementia care

 

 Nursing home, with dementia care units

 Refined description – Community dwelling / Small housing for

 Group dwelling/Small scaled living/Dementia patients’ house unit

 people with dementia

 Behavioural Intensive Care Unit/Psychogeriatric unit/ Geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit

 Refined description – Psychogeriatric unit/Geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit

 Respite care

 Refined description – Respite care, temporary and planned

 Respite care, specialized in dementia care

 Refined description – Respite care, specialized in dementia care, temporary and planned

Palliative care

Palliative care

 Hospice/Institutional palliative care

 No changes

 Hospice/Palliative care at home

 No changes

 Advanced directive

 No changes

Informal caregiving and supportive actions

Informal caregiving and supportive actions

 Will be presented elsewhere

 Will be presented elsewhere

Civic organizations

Civic organizations

 Will be presented elsewhere

 Two activities removed and will be presented elsewhere

  1. BPSD Behavioural psychological symptoms in dementia, GPS Global positioning system, IADL Instrumental activities in daily life, PADL Personal activities in daily life, PwD Person with dementia
  2. aexisting activities subdivided into smaller parts