Linda Clare reviews research on interventions designed to help with memory functioning in early dementia. Author/s: Linda Clare For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Margaret Anne Tibbs reports from the 15th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, held this year in Johannesburg, South Africa. Author/s: Margaret Anne Tibbs For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Barbara Jagger describes her work as listener, facilitator and scribe with people with dementia. Author/s: Barbara Jagger For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Linda Sheppard and Jennifer Rusted explain how they conceived and developed their portable memory aid – “A Pocket Book of Memories” Author/s: Linda Sheppard, Jennifer Rusted For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Rakel Berenbaum reports on a choir for people with mild dementia which is helping them to sound a happy note Author/s: Rakel Berenbaum For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Two social scientists have produced a plan of action to improve dementia care in Ireland. Janet Convery takes a look. Author/s: Janet Convery For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Can staff training and development improve residents’ well-being? In the first of a two-part report on an action research project in a nursing home, Tracey Lintern, Bob Woods and Lynne Phair describe the assessment and initial training phases. Author/s: Tracey Lintern, Bob Woods, Lynne Phair For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
For a person with dementia, the giving in a relationship can feel all one-way as they receive increasing amounts of care and services. Emma Snelling, Denise Gregson and Mike Bender report on a powerful group experience where people with dementia were given the opportunity to reverse this “gift relationship”. Author/s: Emma Snelling, Denise Gregson, Mike…...
Students and younger unemployed volunteers were among those trained and supported in reminiscence work with older people with dementia, in a project described here by Greta Bradley, Bridget Penhale, Jill Manthorpe, and Jonathan Parker. Author/s: Greta Bradley, Bridget Penhale, Jill Manthorpe, Jonathan Parker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
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....