Sheffield: Joanne Airey describes an event she organised to bring together churches and residential homes and challenge some of the misconceptions they held about each other. Author/s: Joanne Airey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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....
West Midlands: As the latest DSDC is launched in the West Midlands, Kate Read explains how it will work Author/s: Kate Read For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Northern Ireland: Claire Mullan of Alzheimer’s Society Northern Ireland explains how the ACROSS project has helped to raise both awareness and standards in primary care for people with dementia and their families. Author/s: Claire Mullan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
Democracy means more than clever marketing, says the People’s Columnist Simon Denegri 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....
In an edited version of a speech he gave at the Alzheimer Europe Conference, Bridges into the Future, in Munich last year, Harry Cayton addresses the gaps between different parts of the dementia care world, and the bridges needed to link them. Author/s: Harry Cayton For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
People with dementia need to be valued as fellow human beings – as do their caregivers. Elizabeth Barnett used depth interviewing and Dementia Care Mapping to discover how care staff are often more valued by their clients than they realise. Author/s: Elizabeth Barnett For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
Linda Rose and Stephanie Schlingensiepen describe the project Music for Life, the way action research has illuminated and changed its work, and how this may contribute to growing knowledge on running arts projects in dementia care. Author/s: Linda Rose, Stephanie Schlingensiepen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...
Stephen Wey explains how he and his colleagues have found well- and ill-being profiles an invaluable tool for assessing and maintaining well-being in a community setting Author/s: Stephen Wey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Dementia care is, or should be, as much about being as doing – a relationship of mutual communication and life-enhancement. Angela Cotter offers a spiritual perspective on the deeper meeting points of care Author/s: Angela Cotter For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...