Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) involves healthcare professionals staff stepping into the shoes of the person living with dementia so that they can create and deliver a person-cantered care plan.
A professional carrying out dementia care mapping will closely observe the behaviours of the person living with dementia. The assessing professional charts a person’s behaviour against different codes and categories. The process is usually carried out over multiple sessions and several different visits by a qualified individual.
By picking up even the smallest of things that cause a person distress or unhappiness, DCM ensures that care plans, including dementia home care plans, are individualised and person-centred.
Essentially, DCM recognises that everyone living with dementia is uniquely individual and so too are their care needs, which is something Nayland Care strongly believes in.