Training alone will not improve dementia care practice; excellent front-line leadership is needed. Jackie Pool introduces the ProActive system, a resource to guide and support care home managers in creating an environment that is therapeutic for all who live and work there Author/s: Jackie Pool For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
Jim Ellis describes watching films on a portable DVD player on a one-to-one basis with residents Author/s: Jim Ellis For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In this first of a series of articles, Ian James and Malcolm Stephenson describe the framework developed and used by the Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service Author/s: Ian James, Malcolm Stephenson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Mary Marshall reports on this year’s Alzheimer’s Australia conferece in Perth, with the theme ‘A journey of passion and purpose – the next 100 years’ Author/s: Mary Marshall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the first of three responses to the debate on lying in the last few issues of JDC, Christian Müller-Hergl replies that lying always compromises a relationship Author/s: Christian Müller-Hergl For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Hazel Heath reports on the UK study of abuse and neglect of older people, and the progress of plans for a follow-up study For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Care assistants are a vital but neglected and undervalued resource in dementia care. Colin Macdonald reviews research in three relevant areas – ‘challenging behaviour’, models of care and the care assistant role – and reports on a study of care assistants’ views on their work with people with dementia Author/s: Colin Macdonald For the full…...
Ann Scott and Tania Hutchinson report on the development of a Behaviour Sciences Nursing Service to support people with dementia and staff in care homes in Northern Ireland Author/s: Ann Scott, Tania Hutchinson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Julie Heathcote, Christina Newton and Chia Swee Hong report on the feedback they gathered about a group held for people with dementia and their carers Author/s: Julie Heathcote, Christina Newton, Chia Swee Hong For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....