Popular fiction moves with the times and reflects changing attitudes to dementia and the caring role. Jill Manthorpe surveys the scene Author/s: Jill Manthorpe For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Warwickshire: Technology and music are being used together to facilitate creative expression. Judith Perry explains how Author/s: Judith Perry 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....
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....
Storytelling with puppets helped three people with dementia on a continuing care ward to find a new voice. Sue Saunders and Claire McLoughlin tell the tale. Author/s: Sue Saunders, Claire McLoughlin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Northumberland: Christine Davidson reports on a project to involve people with dementia in creating stained glass designs. Author/s: Christine Davidson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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....
Alzheimer’s disease is characterised by structures in the brain known as tangles and plaques, which have a strange beauty under the microscope. Photographer Sharon Bailey and writer Julia darling have captured the beauty in the real lives of people with the disease in a new book, tangles and Starbursts. Here we present a selection. Author/s:…...
The value of background music or dedicated music therapy sessions in enhancing well-being for people with dementia is well known, but they have limitations. Steven Brown, Eva Gotell and Sirkka-Liisa Ekman propose the third way of singing as a therapeutic intervention to accompany daily routines and activities. Author/s: Steven Brown, Eva Gotell, Sirkka-Liisa Ekman For…...
Cumbria: Jo Collier describes how facilitators of an art group for people with dementia need to learn when, and when not, to step in and help Author/s: Jo Collier For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....