Barbara Jagger describes her work as listener, facilitator and scribe with people with dementia. Author/s: Barbara Jagger For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Linda Sheppard and Jennifer Rusted explain how they conceived and developed their portable memory aid – “A Pocket Book of Memories” Author/s: Linda Sheppard, Jennifer Rusted For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
For a person with dementia, the giving in a relationship can feel all one-way as they receive increasing amounts of care and services. Emma Snelling, Denise Gregson and Mike Bender report on a powerful group experience where people with dementia were given the opportunity to reverse this “gift relationship”. Author/s: Emma Snelling, Denise Gregson, Mike…...
Debbie Everett gives a personal view of her work as chaplain to people with dementia at a continuing care centre in Edmonton, Canada. Author/s: Debbie Everett For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Debbie Hawkins and Sarah Eagger describe the process of setting up and running a support group for people in the early stages of dementia, the many benefits observed, and the important lessons learned. Author/s: Debbie Hawkins, Sarah Eagger For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
Can we – dare we – risk real communication with the person with dementia? In this first annual Tom Kitwood Memorial Address, Faith Gibson considers the question from many points of view. Author/s: Faith Gibson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
In this second of a series on communication, Clare Morris explains how the psychological mechanism of denial operates for a person with dementia; how anger and aggression can result if a person is confronted with something they understandably find too painful to acknowledge. Author/s: Clare Morris For the full article please see the PDF download…...
In the second of two research reviews, John Killick and Kate Allan investigate the benefits of the visual and verbal arts, from painting and writing to dance, in dementia care. Author/s: John Killick, Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
Research so far suggests that it is the social, interpersonal and emotional aspects of life and care, along with physical health, that matter most to people with dementia. Chris Dabbs describes a pilot project which found evidence to support these conclusions, and offers a framework to help improve quality of care and well-being. Author/s: Chris…...
In this first of a series of articles on communicating with a person with dementia, Clare Morris invites readers to explore how it might feel to have dementia, and how the anxiety we feel when a conversation doesn’t “make sense” can make us respond in ways that hinder communication. Author/s: Clare Morris For the full…...