Communication

  • Reaching people with advanced dementia: A therapist in residence

    Walker M (2024) Reaching people with advanced dementia: A therapist in residence. Journal of Dementia Care 32(3) 23-25 Mary Walker describes her work as a therapist in residence at a care home, where she works with people in the later experiences of dementia, giving focused attention based on a body-to-body connection rather than words. This…...

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  • SPECAL: a blueprint for sensitive communication

    Elkins Z, Trinder D (2024) SPECAL: a blueprint for sensitive communication. Journal of Dementia Care 32(1) 26-29. Zoe Elkins and Di Trinder describe an independent evaluation of a change in approach for a day centre service. The study found that a small investment in SPECAL Practitioner training led to significantly greater contentment and raised self-esteem…...

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  • Love Through Double Glazing

    Armour J (2023) Love Through Double Glazing. Journal of Dementia Care 31(6)17-18. Innovative work by Vamos in the pandemic and beyond Vamos is a full mask theatre company known for its performances and workshops exploring and supporting people living with dementia. Janie Armour highlights the innovative work it has done recently, particularly during the Covid…...

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  • Effective ways to engage with people living with dementia

    Leach-Murphy L, Patel J (2023) Effective ways to engage with people living with dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 31(4) 12-13. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Liz Leach-Murphy is founder and managing director of Imagineer Development UK and the National Brokerage Network. She has over 25 years’ experience working in health and social care. Jayna Patel…...

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  • Talking Mats – The power of simply being heard

    Douglas P (2023) Talking Mats – The power of simply being heard. Journal of Dementia Care 31(4) 14-15. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Paula Douglas is communications and marketing lead at Talking Mats. [/su_box] Talking Mats can support conversations on a wide variety of topics.  Paula Douglas explains how this tool helps people with communication…...

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  • Video Consultations: Do they work in specialist dementia nursing?

    Dawson J-A, Madden G, Crystal L (2023 Video Consultations: Do they work in specialist dementia nursing? Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 27-30. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Jo-Ann Dawson is Admiral Nurse, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Gayle Madden is head of Admiral Nurse Academy, Dementia UK, and Lucy Crystal is insights & evaluation…...

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  • Why Dementia Makes Communication Difficult: A Conversation with Alison Wray

    Smith E (2022) Why Dementia Makes Communication Difficult: A Conversation with Alison Wray. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 12-13. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Emma Smith is project manager for Empowered Conversations, Age UK Salford. [/su_box] [su_box title=”Implications for practice” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] When somebody is living with a dementia, it makes it more difficult for…...

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  • Sonas aPc: How one remarkable woman made a difference

    O’Hara M (2022) How one remarkable woman made a difference. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 14-15. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Michelle O’Hara is the National Dementia Cafe Network administrator at Engaging Dementia, a registered charity in Ireland providing training and resources for those who care for people with dementia in residential care, day centres,…...

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  • To play or not to play – that is the question

    [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] John Killick is a writer and poet. [/su_box]   Are humour and play a valid part of dementia care or is it too serious to be joked about? John Killick, in the first of a series of articles considering what has changed in dementia care over the past 30 years, describes how he revised his views on the value…...

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  • Bringing the inside out

    [su_box title=”Author Details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Susanna Howard is founder and artistic director of Living Words; Reinhard Guss is consultant clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, and Living Words trustee. Elements have been taken from Susan Allen’s Culture Cubed evaluation report.  [/su_box] Artists from the charity Living Words work with care home residents to write down their sounds and words.  When the pandemic struck, as…...

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