Importance of personal and professional experience for hospital staff in person-centred dementia care: a cross-sectional interview study using freelisting in a UK hospital ward

Objective To detail how hospital staff with differing personal and professional caregiving experiences approach the care of patients with dementia, in order to make practical recommendations for practice. Design Cross-sectional qualitative interviews. Setting A UK hospital ward providing dementia care. Participants A complete hospital ward staff team, constituting 47 hospital staff from 10 professions. Methods Hospital staff were asked to list...