Modern health care systems demand demonstrable results. This work presents a method to tackle the challenging task of assessing the true quality of life of people with dementia. Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is an assessment tool that lets you directly observe and measure a resident's of client's quality of life. In the book readers can learn about the principles of person-centred care that underlie DCM and how these universal principles have influenced the use of DCM in diverse care cultures around the world. International experts in DCM discuss how the method can invigorate staff caregiving practices, reducing older adults' excess dependancy and actively promoting their everyday competence. The book also gives advice on: developing resident/client care plans that can improve the quality of life of people with dementia; improve staff developement and training by learning to recognize opportunities for intervention; overcome staff members' resistance to change; influence organizational policy for effective implementation of DCM; use DCM to justify and secure financial support for programming from managed care and insurance providers, Medicare and other private and government funding streams or agencies; and introduce its person-centred care approaches to the traditional medical model of care.