Article Category: Care Homes

Community links help bring cafe culture to care

Maureen Sansom, with Jan Gordon, Jill Forsyth and Maureen Anton, describes a series of imaginative projects at a home in Peeblesshire, which have drawn on talent in the local community and brough people together in stimulating new ways. Author/s: Maureen Sansom For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Drawing out views on services: ways of getting started

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...

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The Lunch Club: making mealtimes special

Milton Keynes: Vicki Dent reports on a simple but very effective change to a daily activity – mealtimes – which had welcome positive effects for residents and staff. Author/s: Vicki Dent For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Training is not enough to change care practice

Tracey Lintern, Bob Woods and Lynne Phair describe the process of translating changes in staff attitudes and behaviours into improved well-being for the residents in their care, in this second part of their report on an action research project in a nursing home. Author/s: Tracey Lintern, Bob Woods, Lynne Phair For the full article please...

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EQUAL to the task: promoting meaningful activity

Linda Spender and Roisin Joyce describe the EQUAL workshop, which aims to show care staff how they can make a real difference to residents’ lives by engaging with them, especially through sensory activities, during routine care. Author/s: Linda Spender, Roisin Joyce For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Suit the word to the action

Stephen Judd reports from New South Wales, Australia, where employers and staff have worked together to tailor job descriptions to their care ideals. Author/s: Stephen Judd For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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A sea-change at Kirklands

Design to improve the environment of care can begin at a simple and affordable level. Anthea Innes explains how colours and themes transformed life for residents of an Anchor home in Cumbria. Author/s: Anthea Innes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if...

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Reminiscence by recreation

In an example of how simple measures can be taken to bring residents’ memories alive, care assistant Mary McIlwaine tells John Killick about her work in a residential home in Belfast. Author/s: Mary McIlwaine For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you...

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Before and after training: a case study of intervention

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...

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Developing person-centred standards for care homes

Mo Ray describes the process and outcomes of the joint project, Developing standards of care using person-centred approaches – developed through a partnership beteween the Alzheimer’s Society and the Royal College of Nursing. Author/s: Mo Ray For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...

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