Samenvatting

Many primary care professionals are involved in caring for home-dwelling older adults with dementia. The complexity of older adult care has increased the necessity of collaborative initiatives.1 In the Dutch healthcare system, most allied health professionals are active in primary care as independent caregivers, and competition between healthcare professionals is common. With DementiaNet, a 2-year integrated care program, we facilitated collaboration between primary healthcare professionals by forming local care networks.2 During the project, network participants learned to work according to an interprofessional approach. As a result, network collaboration and quality of care improved during the project.3
In these networks, involvement of allied health professionals was stimulated, as they can contribute to improved quality of life and daily functioning of people with dementia.4–7 However, whether their expertise was effectively
included in DementiaNet networks is unclear. We aim to describe to which extent allied health professionals are involved in these networks at baseline and follow-up of the DementiaNet program