Duah-Owusu White, MaryVassallo, MichaelKelly, FionaNyman, Samuel2018-06-292018-06-292017-11-03Duah-Owusu White, M., Vassallo, M., Kelly, F. & Nyman, S. (2020) Can a systems approach reduce adverse outcomes in patients with dementia in acute settings? (innovative practice). Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 19(4), pp. 1280-1286.1471-3012https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301217737690https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/5007People with dementia experience adverse outcomes such as pressure sores during their stay in acute hospitals. The application of a systems approach in an acute setting places an emphasis on the patient's journey in addition to the organisational factors that are present within a hospital context. This article draws upon principles obtained from a theoretical model, which was extracted from the work of Edwards (1972), Hawkins (1987) and Zecevic et al. (2007), in order to illustrate how the application of a novel systems approach (human interaction, environment, equipment and policy) could be used in acute hospital settings to reduce adverse health outcomes by using an imaginary patient with dementia.1280-1286article