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  • Charting the course of quality care

    Two years on from the birth of Dementia Care Mapping – a process that gives powerful insight into the lived experience of those who have dementia – Tom Kitwood and Kathleen Bredin chart its development. Author/s: Tom Kitwood, Kathleen Bredin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...

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  • Reminiscence

    Reviewing a wide range of reminiscence materials and literature, Faith Gibson urges more research into the theory and practice of this work with older people with dementia. Author/s: Faith Gibson 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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  • Haggis, horseshoes and having fun

    Scots and Irish customs, the roaring twenties, romance, Cockney London – all these and more have provided themes for stimulating activities and fun, writes Christine Bleathman. Author/s: Christine Bleathman 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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  • Understanding dementia 4: The rarer dementias

    Dr Gill Livingston discusses the main causes of the rarer primary dementias, plus those dementias which are secondary to another disease, and may thus be reversible. Author/s: Gill Livingston 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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  • Misunderstandings about Validation

    In the face of criticism from some professionals, and a tendency, she feels, to over-simplify the theory and practice of Validation, Vicki de Klerk-Rubin sets the record straight. Author/s: Vicki de Klerk-Rubin 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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  • A vital part of community care

    The low status of long-term care is being seized on by NHS Trusts as an opportunity to shrug off an expensive and unattractive drain on finances. But the resource is still vitally needed, writes William Lauder. Author/s: William Lauder For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...

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  • Links in the chain

    Sue Benson meets a research team at the forefront of exciting discoveries about dementia, who nonetheless feel that their counselling role is at least as important as the research itself. 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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  • Lights, camera, action – and it’s a wrap

    Penny Dodds was not prepared for fifteen-hour days and the temptations of bacon sandwiches when she spent a week as consultant to the crew filming a care staff training video for the Alzheimer’s Society. Author/s: Penny Dodds For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • Who cares for continence?

    Staff motivation is the crucial key to better management, say Mandy Wells, Suzanne Deeley and Susan Chadburn. Author/s: Suzanne Deeley, Susan Chadburn 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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  • Two Steps Forward…

    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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