Tell us what you are doing to make dementia care more inclusive In the September/October 2023 Journal of Dementia Care, a special issue on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in dementia care, we invited readers to send us examples of excellent initiatives which are helping to make dementia services more inclusive. The invitation is still open!...
Lim JNW (2023) Engaging with UK Chinese communities about dementia.Journal of Dementia Care 31(5)26-28. Author Details Dr Jennifer NW Lim is senior lecturer in public health, researching on health inequalities in accessing care and services for people from culturally diverse backgrounds, at the University of Wolverhampton Talking about “brain health” rather than “cognitive deterioration” may be … Read more
Parveen S, Dodd E, Cheston R (2023) The ADAPT Study: Adapting the dementia care pathway for south Asian families in the UK. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3)14-15. The ADAPT study got started because there were so few culturally appropriate dementia resources for South Asian families. Sahdia Parveen and colleagues describe the toolkit created by the...
Scarrott C (2023) Improving access to dementia care in the Travelling community. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 16-18. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities frequently have poor health outcomes and little awareness of dementia. Cheryl Scarrott shares the implications for professional practice of supporting these families in the community. Since 2019, I’ve been a dementia specialist...