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…...
In the first of a three-part series, Kate Allan introduces Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia, a project exploring the process of staff, rather than outside researchers, undertaking service user consultation work with people with dementia Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...
In the second of a three-part series on Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia (a project exploring the process of staff, rather than outside researchers, undertaking service user consultation work with people with dementia), Kate Allan focuses on the types of approach staff developed and used to encourage clients and residents to express their…...
Mike Bender, Viv Horton, Fran Rees and Avril Butler explain how they are helping female staff to explore and share major aspects of their lives with other women, including those who have dementia, in a new training course. Author/s: Mike Bender, Viv Horton, Fran Rees, Avril Butler For the full article please see the PDF…...
Making time to touch base with our own selves – to understand more about what we bring to any relationship – is an essential part of positive person work, says Tracy Packer in the fifth part of her series on barriers to person-centred care. Author/s: Tracy Packer For the full article please see the PDF…...
Richard Cheston and Kerry Jones give guidance and discuss their experience of setting up and running support groups for people in the early stages of dementia Author/s: Richard Cheston, Kerry Jones 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....
Residents’ emotional needs can be easily neglected in a busy care home environment. Errollyn Bruce presents a tool developed to help staff observe, reflect and use their observations in care planning Author/s: Errollyn Bruce For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...
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....
In the fourth part of her series on barriers to person-centred care, Tracy Packer asks what care workers themselves need in the dementia care environment Author/s: Tracy Packer For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....