Making and using life story books has many benefits for the person with dementia remembering their story and those working with them, both families and care staff. Julie Heathcote shares practical tips. Author/s: Julie Heathcote For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
Intermediate care services for people with dementia are being developed in a number of areas but current research on effectiveness is limited. Here Alison Culverwell and Alisoun Milne describe the initial evaluation of a multidisciplinary service providing specialist mental health intermediate care for people with dementia. A range of meaningful and positive outcomes were identified…...
Jan Kendall and Irene Kohler report on the Ethnic Minority Advocacy Project and share good practice guidelines for making services more accessible to BME communities. Author/s: Jan Kendall, Irene Kohler For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
While research has explored the impact of caring on younger people, little is known about the impact on children of having a parent with dementia. Emma Svanberg summarises the process children go through in order to adapt to dementia in a parent, and suggests ways in which services can take their experiences into account. Author/s:…...
Care homes play a major role in supporting people with dementia at the end of their lives. Seeking to understand the views of staff on the care they provide, Nicola Wheeler and Jan R Oyebode held focus groups with a range of staff in nine care homes in the West Midlands. Here they discuss their…...
Sue Woods and Kerrie Read describe how they promote social inclusion by taking people with early stage dementia out and about each week in a special bus while their family carers have a break Author/s: Sue Woods and Kerrie Read For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...
Cathy Dakin argues that everyone has a spiritual dimension to their lives – and that only by offering spiritual care to people with dementia will we be meeting their whole needs Author/s: Cathy Dakin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...
Sue Garwood describes the work of Newcastle’s Dementia Care Partnership, an organisation with a long history of carer and user involvement Author/s: Sue Garwood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Nellie Minnema tells the story of starting a successful dementia café in a rural area Author/s: Nellie Minnema For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Penny Hibberd and colleagues describe the background to family-centred care and discuss how this approach can help people with dementia to maintain family relationships in a familiar environment with the people they know best Author/s: Penny Hibberd For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...