Education and Training

  • Using the arts to cross boundaries

    Staff training from an unusual and creative source. Author/s: rg/admin/jdcarticles-amend.pl 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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  • Responding to dementia in primary care

    GPs need help to make the diagnosis of dementia and take appropriate action. Steve Iliffe throws light on their difficulties reporting on the progress of training and projects to formulate guidelines for primary care. Author/s: Steve Iliffe For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • A view from Australia

    Dr John Tooth describes the difference training for all staff – from the gardener to the nurse in charge – has made to residential facilities in Tasmania. Author/s: John Tooth 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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  • Helping carers change their role

    Jackie Pool describes a new project in which occupational therapists aim to educate carers and staff to help an individual with dementia engage in successful occupation. Author/s: Jackie Pool 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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  • Shining a light on simple, crucial details

    Tracy Packer raised funds to train three nursing assistants in dementia care mapping. Afterwards she interviewed them about the experience and its effects on patient care. Author/s: Tracy Packer 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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  • Training together: a challenge for the future

    The rise in status of dementia care and respect for its expert practitioners throws the issue of training into the spotlight. Mike Nolan and John Keady open the debate with this overview of current deficits in professional education. Author/s: Mike Nolan, John Keady For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the…...

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  • Refreshing the parts other training can’t reach

    Most social workers feel training prepares them hardly at all for working with people with dementia. Sally Knocker and Sue Heiser designed a new style of training course to fill this need. Author/s: Sally Knocker, Sue Heiser For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • Crucially different in principle and practice

    Traditional social work skills are not only inadequate for working with people with dementia, but some basic principles may be completely different, writes Margaret Anne Tibbs. Dementia-specific training is urgently needed, she argues. Author/s: Margaret Anne Tibbs For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • Time to share your skills

    Staff caring for people with AIDS-related dementia urgently need us to share some of the insight and skill developed in dementia care in recent years, writes Jane Gilliard. Author/s: Jane Gilliard 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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  • Wales widens its training boundaries

    Amode Lado and Elizabeth Williams describe the development of an innovative multidisciplinary care course in Wales. Author/s: Amode Lado, Elizabeth Williams 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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