Involving carers in service evaluation through Dementia Care Mapping can prove rewarding for the carer, as Jane Fossey discovered. Author/s: Jane Fossey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
When new drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease were launched last year, professionals feared that all the publicity could create false hopes among carers and relatives. However, this study by Frances Vaughan, Robert Jones and Louise Cunliffe showed that most carers’ expectations were consistent with the clinical information they had been given. Author/s: Frances Vaughan, Robert…...
The Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today project aimed to introduce people with dementia and family carers to reminiscence, and assess its potential for improving communication. In this first of two articles, Errollyn Bruce and Faith Gibson report on the results of the project evaluation. Author/s: Errollyn Bruce, Faith Gibson For the full article please see the…...
In this concluding article of the series about younger people with dementia, Ron Isaacs explores the complex questions and difficulties faced by one devoted carer, looking after a husband who developed dementia with Lewy bodies in the fourth decade of their marriage. Author/s: Ron Isaacs For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
A European project introducing people with dementia and family carers to reminiscence as a valuable means of communication brought success in some unexpected areas, writes Pam Schweitzer. Author/s: Pam Schweitzer For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Inspired by the use of multisensory environments to benefit people with dementia, Christine McNamara and Larissa Kempenaar report on their research into specific sensory stimulation. Author/s: Christine McNamara, Larissa Kempenaar For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the second of three articles, Rani Svanberg reports on how tenants, carers and support workers responded to an independent supported living house run by the Dementia Care Initiative, Newcastle. Author/s: Rani Svanberg For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the fourth article of the series, Sandra Beech describes the difficulties of a woman affected by vascular dementia, and the challenges posed for her husband, her carer. Author/s: Sandra Beech For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the third of this series, Dr Richard Harvey describes frontotemporal dementia, which brings unusual problems for people who are affected and their carers. Author/s: Richard Harvey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Abigail Tunstall describes how work on communication diaries has proved the missing link between day centre staff and carers, and between carers and service users. Author/s: Abigail Tunstall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....