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  • The Home Treatment Service for people with dementia: gaining client and carer feedback.

    Christine Slaughter, Melanie Steeden and Sarah Hall describe the feedback received on this new intermediate care service in Kent. Author/s: Christine Slaughter, Melanie Steeden, Sarah Hall 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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  • All aboard for adventure.

    Riding a bicycle through familiar landscape, driving a car or piloting a plane are among the (simulated) experiences available along with games and activities on the Fold Brain Bus, as Eileen Askham explains. Author/s: Eileen Askham For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...

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  • Independence, wellbeing and choice:conflict or harmony?

    Lyndsay Beck reflects on tough choices when working with two older women with dementia living at home. Author/s: Lyndsay Beck 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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  • The Betty Blue Diet Management Plan.

    Liz Ansah describes the simple tool she developed to help a care home staff team identify residents at risk of weight loss, and the planned action to take for each individual. Author/s: Liz Ansah For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...

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  • Poems for life.

    Katie Clark describes a reading group with a difference where people with dementia can rediscover the joys of reading poems together. Author/s: Katie Clark 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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  • Dolls: handle with care.

    Amanda Stevenson and colleagues share lessons learned in one care home about using dolls. Author/s: Amanda Stevenson 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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  • Challenge and opportunity to improve dementia services.

    Professor Alistair Burns took up the post of National Clinical Director for Dementia in April this year. Jane Gilliard asked him about his plans and the future of services for people with dementia and their carers. Author/s: Alistair Burns, Jane Gilliard For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...

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  • Where is the support we need?

    Karen Downes describes how some friends and family members have reacted to her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s, and laments the lack of support. Author/s: Karen Downes 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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  • Nurse-led CST on a hospital ward.

    Anna Tickle describes the introduction of cognitive stimulation therapy to an acute assessment ward for older people with dementia. Author/s: Anna Tickle 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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  • Supporting Asian elders with dementia.

    Dr Nazia Azam describes an innovative project based in Bradford that is helping to raise awareness of dementia and supporting families in south Asian communities in west Yorkshire. Author/s: Dr Nazia Azam, Nazia Azam For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...

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