Community Care

  • Churches get their act together

    Religious leaders in Kensington and Chelsea have discussed their churches’ response to people with dementia. Sally Knocker reports. Author/s: Sally Knocker 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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  • Pathways through the senses to individualised care

    Lesley Ann Wareing describes how her work involves family carers in devising appropriate sensory activity that engages and calms the individual with dementia, thus meeting the carer’s needs too, and helping them to carry on at home. Author/s: Lesley Ann Wareing For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...

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  • Focus on carer brings benefits

    An evaluation of the Admiral nurse service finds it an effective way to support people with dementia and their carers. Alison Soliman reports. Author/s: Alison Soliman 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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  • Are these the guardians of care?

    Robert Egerton encountered a bureaucratic maze in the Care Programme Approach when he could no longer care for his wife at home. Author/s: Robert Egerton 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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  • Close care and companionship

    Homesharing is a scheme which allows older people to continue living in their homes with the assistance of a young “lodger”. Rena Bhandari reports. Author/s: Rena Bhandari 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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  • Popular solution that can offer “best value”

    In this concluding article on the independent supported living project run by the Dementia Care Initiative in Newcastle, Rani Svanberg, Dr Moira Livingston, Carolyn Stephenson and Dr Andrew Fairbairn present some perspectives on its effectiveness and value. Author/s: Rani Svanberg, Moira Livingston, Carolyn Stephenson, Andrew Fairbairn For the full article please see the PDF download…...

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  • Exploring creative responses in housing and support

    Sylvia Cox and Jane Minter report on a review which aimed to discover more about what people with dementia need to live in the community, and how it can be provided, through case studies of successful solutions. Author/s: Sylvia Cox, Jane Minter For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right…....

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  • Community care reviewed

    Jo Moriarty reviews research relating to community care for people with dementia, summarising its messages and highlighting the implications for practice, in the main article of this new section. Author/s: Jo Moriarty 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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  • Reaching ethnic minorities

    A project in Birmingham, described by Alaba Okuyiga Author/s: Alaba Okuyiga 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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  • Across the great divide

    Kirsteen Cameron and Dr KF O’Neill report on inter-agency collaboration in Glasgow. Author/s: Kirsteen Cameron, KF O’Neill 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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