Eley, R. (2025) ‘Online opportunities: Using technology to connect unpaid carers’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(6) pp. 27-29 Together in Dementia Everyday (tide) is an organisation for current and former unpaid carers of people with dementia. Ruth Eley discusses the online connections that tide provides. At first I found it very difficult to talk about the challenges that we faced as a family but I…
Marshall, D., Cossar, M. and White, L. (2025) ‘ Practical Dementia Resources: A Platform for Peer-to-Peer Shared Learning’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(6) pp. 24-26 David Marshall, Maureen Cossar and Lynn White describe a project in Scotland to facilitate practical peer-to-peer learning, designed by and for practitioners caring for people with dementia. Motivation and context for the project The National Dementia Strategy for Scotland, “Everyone’s Story” (Scottish Government,…
Ward, J. (2025) ‘Review: Dementia Compass – an online course’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(6) p. 23 Jane Ward reviews Dementia Compass, a free online training resource designed to help carers, families, and professionals understand and respond to dementia Dementia Compass claims to be “a reflective training resource designed to transform how carers, families, and professionals understand and respond to…
Jones et al (2025) Co-creating and co-delivering dementia education at Bradford:Understanding the me in dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 33(2) 22-26. A team of two academics and 22 experts by experience came togetherto co-create a new postgraduate course for professionals. Danielle Jones and colleagues describe the process and the rewarding results for all involved. Dementia…
Surr C, Smith S, Latham I (2023) Good dementia education and training. Journal of Dementia Care 31(4) 25-28. Good dementia education and training depends not just on content but on the context in which it is delivered. Claire Surr, Sarah Smith and Isabelle Latham present two models for helping to ensure that education and training…...
Damian Murphy describes the development of a new training course that takes a relationship-centred approach to living well with dementia. Author/s: Damian Murphy For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
There isn’t enough good quality respite care and there should be, say Reg De Soysa, Pauline Grayson, John Grayson. With Tony Ryan and Mike Nolan they describe the development of a new CD-ROM/DVD training tool. Author/s: Reg De Soysa, Pauline Grayson, John Grayson, Tony Ryan, Mike Nolan For the full article please see the PDF…...
Buz Loveday has developed professional development courses for leaders in dementia care. Here she shares some of the learning from these courses, and argues that leadership skills are crucial for nurturing a staff team and capitalising on staff training. Author/s: Buz Loveday For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right…....
While it is important to focus on the positives in early dementia, we must not disregard the pain and suffering the future will inevitably bring, writes Graham Stokes Author/s: Graham Stokes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Former carer Janet Stuart has written this article, with the help of clinical psychologist Sarah Kenny. They highlight the difficulties of diagnosing dementia with Lewy bodies and securing an appropriate care package, and offer some examples of good practice. Author/s: Janet Stuart and Sarah Kenny For the full article please see the PDF download linked…...