Liz Wainwright shares the experience of introducing protected mealtimes in four Kirklees Council care homes Author/s: Liz Wainwright For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Developing a consistent quality of dementia care across any organisation is a huge challenge. Caroline Baker introduces PEARL: an accreditation scheme intended to promote positive practice across Four Seasons Health Care dementia care homes in the UK Author/s: Caroline Baker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...
The tiniest signs of successful communication and increased well-being are important outcomes of our interactions with people with dementia, yet we often underestimate these, say Mary Sharp and Rachel Kail Author/s: Mary Sharp, Rachel Kail For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
The Eden Alternative is making progress in spreading its message about enlivening care homes for the benefit of residents and staff. June Burgess explains how the Eden approach is being implemented in a growing number of care homes around the UK and Ireland Author/s: June Burgess For the full article please see the PDF download…...
David Sheard calls for a shift in dementia care training away from traditional courses which have little lasting impact, towards a coaching and mentoring approach Author/s: David Sheard For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Jill Conroy shares lessons learned from a project that aimed to explore how knowledge-driven practice could be improved in care homes Author/s: Jill Conroy For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Care plans are potentially the most important drivers of consistent quality care, but too often they are not read or used by staff. Keeping an accessible summary or action sheet in the person’s bedroom may solve the problem, as Brenda Walker explains Author/s: Brenda Walker For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
In the second of two articles on the way ‘positive psychology’ can support and illuminate our work with people with dementia, Kate Allan looks at human virtues and strengths, and the experience of flow Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
Why is it so hard to ’walk the walk’ of truly person-centred care even in what seems a very good care environment? Heather Hill concludes that changes are needed beyond the unit itself – in the whole organisation and the wider community too. Author/s: Heather Hill For the full article please see the PDF download…...
In this fifth case study demonstrating the support model used by the Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service, Ann Scott and Tania Hutchinson describe their work with staff caring for an elderly man whose agitated behaviour in the evenings caused problems for them and for other residents Author/s: Ann Scott, Tania Hutchinson For the full article please…...