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On touch screen computer software for people with dementia Author/s: Sue Benson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Increasing knowledge: can it improve practice?
Jill Conroy shares lessons learned from a project that aimed to explore how knowledge-driven practice could be improved in care homes Author/s: Jill Conroy For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Making care plans work for everyone
Care plans are potentially the most important drivers of consistent quality care, but too often they are not read or used by staff. Keeping an accessible summary or action sheet in the person’s bedroom may solve the problem, as Brenda Walker explains Author/s: Brenda Walker For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...
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Positive psychology: using strengths and experiencing flow
In the second of two articles on the way ‘positive psychology’ can support and illuminate our work with people with dementia, Kate Allan looks at human virtues and strengths, and the experience of flow Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
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‘It moves you, it hits you inside’ Reading poems at Redholme
John Killick finds that a successful national reading project is benefiting people with dementia – and poetry has been the key Author/s: John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Beatrice: personhood restored through sensory experience
Kim Wylie tells how regular, gentle sensory sessions with Beatrice, a care home resident with dementia, drew out vivid responses from a woman thought to be isolated and withdrawn Author/s: Kim Wylie For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Dance: five-minute love affairs
Penny Greenland shares lessons learned from many years of enjoying dance and movement with people with dementia – and introduces a new course which brings together this learning Author/s: Penny Greenland For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Developing technology to meet psychosocial needs
Arlene Astell and colleagues describe two projects using computers – CIRCA and Living in the Moment – which brought the benefits of rewarding activity and positive social interaction to people with dementia and their caregivers Author/s: Arlene Astell For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
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Positive emotion, being in the moment
In the first of two articles, Kate Allan introduces the ideas of ‘positive psychology’ and explains how it can help in our work with people with dementia Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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Reminiscence, communication and conversation
Reminiscence activities can provide a focus and stimulation for continued conversation with people with dementia. In this article based on their new book Pam Schweitzer and Errollyn Bruce describe the principles and some ideas for good practice Author/s: Pam Schweitzer, Errollyn Bruce For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right…....