Lesley Ann Wareing describes how her work involves family carers in devising appropriate sensory activity that engages and calms the individual with dementia, thus meeting the carer’s needs too, and helping them to carry on at home. Author/s: Lesley Ann Wareing For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...
Christina Redfearn was bowled over by the enthusiasm of people with dementia when she took them ten-pin bowling. Here she makes a case for the serious value of this fun activity in improving patients’ skills as well as their well-being. Author/s: Christina Redfearn For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
Many people with dementia respond positively to play-based activities – but their use remains controversial. Describing their own group work and its evaluation, David Pulsford, Irene Connor and David Rushforth argue that people with dementia may not see it as “play” in the same way we do. Author/s: David Pulsford, Irene Connor, David Rushforth For…...
In the second of two research reviews, John Killick and Kate Allan investigate the benefits of the visual and verbal arts, from painting and writing to dance, in dementia care. Author/s: John Killick, Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
Though life story work is now commonplace, staff could do much more to use the personal information gained, especially in encouraging family carers to share enjoyable activities with people with dementia, writes Carole Archibald. Author/s: Carole Archibald For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
In this first of three articles, John Killick and Kate Allan review research into use of the arts in dementia care. Here they focus on the art form where most work has been done with people with dementia to date – music. Author/s: John Killick, Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF…...
Circle dancing has much to offer people with dementia, writes Dorothy Jerrome. It is a way of communicating through touch and rhythm that can provide emotional security, encourage expression of feelings – and also improve balance, motor and social skills. Author/s: Dorothy Jerrome For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
Creating a sensory garden at a nursing home has proved a worthwhile project, Karen East reports. Author/s: Karen East For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Diane Waller describes a multidisciplinary pilot project to evaluate the effects of art therapy on a group of elderly patients with dementia. Author/s: Diane Waller For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Why do we have to give the name “therapy” to companionship and activities that are, or should be, a part of normal relationships? It says more about our own needs than those of the people we care for, writes Ilse Boas. Author/s: Ilse Boas For the full article please see the PDF download linked to…...