The Clive Project helps the younger person with dementia maintain confidence, self-esteem and independence through a flexible and individual home-based support service, as Tessa Gutteridge explains. The project won a Department of Health Social Care Award 2000 for promoting independence. Author/s: Tessa Gutteridge For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...
Shirley Nurock’s husband, himself a GP, developed Alzheimer’s disease in his fifties. Looking back, she can see how better and more sensitive primary care services might have eased the trauma of those years for the whole family. Author/s: Shirley Nurock For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...
Edinburgh: Charlie Murphy and Isabel Sharp describe the success story of the Corstorphine Companions Club, bringing people with dementia and their same-generation carers closer together. Author/s: Charlie Murphy, Isabel Sharp For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Do male and female carers have different approaches to the caring role? Tina Fear presents the results of her two small qualitative studies. Author/s: Tina Fear For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
The views and experiences of lesbians and gay men with dementia, and their carers, are largely unrecognised, and it seems no one is taking responsibility either for investigating, or meeting, their needs, writes Richard Ward. Author/s: Richard Ward For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
Scottish Highlands: Elizabeth Jones reports on a three-year project providing support to carers of people with dementia in remote, scattered communities in the Highlands of Scotland. Author/s: Elizabeth Jones For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Errollyn Bruce reports on the European Reminiscence Network’s recent conference and launch of its manual for carers. Author/s: Errollyn Bruce For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Laura Baker reports on latest developments towards a better service for younger people with dementia and their carers. Lisa Andrews adds a report from Dewsbury NHS Trust. Author/s: Laura Baker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Danny Ho describes the work of the psychiatry of old age mental health nursing services in Enfield. Author/s: Danny Ho For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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…...