Wendy Shiels reports on how dementia care mapping was used to help understand the needs of people with advanced dementia Author/s: Wendy Shiels For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
What can research tell us about the effectiveness of training to support and enhance communication with people who have dementia? Karen Bryan appraises the evidence Author/s: Karen Bryan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Achieving change within one dementia care facility can seem difficult enough, but how do you bring about change across a whole county, or beyond? Moira Clare tells how Author/s: Moira Clare For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Joe Herzberg, Richard Reynolds and Melanie King explain how a series of clinical audits was used as the basis for training staff on a continuing care ward about good communication with people with dementia Author/s: Joe Herzberg, Richard Reynolds, Melanie King For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...
The Southern Health and Social Services Board is based in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Here Fionnuala McAndrew and Rosemary Taylor describe how the board worked to actively include the voice of people with dementia in planning services. Author/s: Fionnuala McAndrew, Rosemary Taylor For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...
What factors influence whether a new piece of technology is accepted by people with dementia? In this second and final article, Garuth Chalfont and Grant Gibson explain the Independent project’s findings to this question. Author/s: Garuth Chalfont, Grant Gibson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...
Kate Allan describes a consultation exercise that looked at the issues for two groups of people with dementia: those with acquired hearing loss and those who had always been deaf. Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
All those interested in dementia care mapping will be keen to learn about the latest version. Here Claire Surr, Dawn Brooker and Paul Edwards from Bradford Dementia Group describe the new elements contained in DCM 8, and explain how you can update your training Author/s: Claire Surr, Dawn Brooker, Paul Edwards For the full article…...
Paul Edwards and Steve Brotherton describe the introduction of Dementia Care Mapping to seven social care settings owned and managed by Cheshire County Council Author/s: Paul Edwards, Steve Brotherton For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Paul Edwards describes the development of DCM regional networks and the role they play in supporting practice in DCM Author/s: Paul Edwards For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....