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  • Towards a compassionate model of care

    Roger Watson argues that the skills of hospice care provide an appropriate and helpful model for care of people in the terminal stages of dementia. Author/s: Roger Watson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Heads Out Of The Sand

    Editorial Comment Author/s: Sue Benson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Buzzing with life, energy and drive

    In this third and final article, Iain McGregor and Janet Bell challenge the widely held beliefs that people with dementia cannot make choices, that they wander aimlessly and lose their ability for new learning. Author/s: Iain McGregor, Janet Bell For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...

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  • To Unlock the Emotions

    Editorial Comment Author/s: Sue Benson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Sunshine in your smile

    Lipstick can enhance a smile and defines its wearer as female. It is an important communication tool, says Penny Dodds. Author/s: Penny Dodds For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • Rose: a family affair

    Rose wanted John to maintain the position he had always held in the family – the best father and the most important man in the world to his children. But her attempts to hide his dementia from them led to increasing stress, as Jane Gilliard describes. Author/s: Jane Gilliard For the full article please see…...

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  • Why GPs have a bad reputation

    GPs have been criticised for their failure to make the diagnosis of dementia that could open access to vital support services for carers. Steve Iliffe argues that GPs have the diagnostic skills, but many other factors get in the way. He makes specific proposals to improve training and audit services. Author/s: Steve Iliffe For the…...

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  • Understanding dementia 7: Developing drug treatments

    Continuing our clinical teaching series, Dr Robert Tobiansky describes the many routes of current research and development in the search for a pharmacological treatment for dementia. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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  • There’s so much to hear, when you stop and listen to individual voices

    John Killick has been writer in residence for Westminster Health Care for the past two years. He tells Sue Benson about his work encouraging and helping individuals who have dementia to express their thoughts and feelings. Author/s: Sue Benson, John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...

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  • Beyond the mask of conventional manners

    In part two of their series, Iain McGregor and Janet Bell seek to dispel the myths that people with dementia are unsociable, sexually irresponsible, and fail to contribute to group living. Author/s: Iain McGregor, Janet Bell For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...

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