Sood V, Mandal G (2024) Opening Doors to Brain Workout. Journal of Dementia Care 32(5) 22-25. Author Details Versha Sood (pictured) and Gabriel Mandal describe how partnership designed and delivered a series of co-produced tailored engagements to connect with citizens deemed “hard to reach or under-represented”. The title of the series – Opening Doors to...
Kurana S et al (2024) Online support for South Asian dementia caregivers. Journal of Dementia Care 32(5) 26-29. Suman Kurana and colleagues describe the process of translating and culturally adapting the World Health Organisation’s online intervention ‘iSupport’ for South Asian dementia caregivers in the UK. Suman Kurana1, Aimee Spector1, Afra Azadi1, Aziza Begum1, Banika Ahuja1,...
Bunton A (2024) Silver Pride: a celebration and challenge. Journal of Dementia Care 32(5) 10-12. Arlene Bunton reports on the success of an older adult specific LGBTQ event in East Ayrshire, celebrating diversity and promoting inclusivity; it will be followed by a free training package for social care providers Arlene Bunton is Independent Sector Lead,...
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...