South Yorkshire: Claire Craig reveals how she used both art and technology to help people with dementia on hospital wards. Author/s: Claire Craig For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Simon Denegri on good media communication. Author/s: Simon Denegri For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Staffordshire: Jim Ellis describes how he develped a special therapeutic activity through which to communicate with his wife Margaret. 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....
Bedford: Margaret Anne Tibbs, Pat Stock and Jeanette Rothen describe the Alzheimer’s Link project. Author/s: Margaret Anne Tibbs, Pat Stock, Jeanette Rothen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Mairi Wood and Kim Jobst have a passionate interest in the use of complementary therapies in dementia care. Sue Benson met them at the nursing home Mairi runs in Musselburgh to share and discuss their experiences and ideas. Author/s: Mairi Wood, Kim Jobst For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
Chrissie Hosking describes how a clinical audit using well- and ill-being profiling was able to satisfy managers of a small community hospital that a person-centred approach with sensory stimulation improves well-being – even of those people with dementia who can do little for themselves. Author/s: Chrissie Hosking For the full article please see the PDF…...
As part of a ‘best value’ review, a day centre in West London recently invited people with dementia to contribute their views of the homecare services they use. Sue Heiser reports on how the team conducted the review, and what the service users said. Author/s: Sue Heiser For the full article please see the PDF…...
Salford: Elisha Maran-Barnell describes some hands-on art therapy Author/s: rg/admin/jdcarticles-amend.pl For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Kathleen’s life was filled with hard work, with little time to enjoy motherhood or have fun. But the experience of dementia seemed to free her to relax, laugh and take pleasure in maternal and nurturing feelings towards her ‘family’ of soft toys, writes Kim Wylie Author/s: Kim Wylie For the full article please see the…...
Ian James, Ian Powell and Katharina Reichelt describe how they encourage carers to monitor their own thoughts as a way of understanding the strong emotions they experience. This knowledge can then help carers to find better strategies for coping with difficult caring situations Author/s: Ian James, Ian Powell, Katharina Reichelt For the full article please…...