Article Category: Extra Care Housing

What is the ‘extra’ in Extra Care Housing for people living with dementia?

Oatley R, Atkinson T (2023) What is the ‘extra’ in Extra Care Housing for people living with dementia? Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 22-23. Extra Care Housing can provide flexible care, support independence and give a sense of security.  Rebecca Oatley and Teresa Atkinson investigated the “extra” in Extra Care that allows some people with...

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Creative homes: an arts project in extra care housing

  Creative arts can add significantly to quality of life among extra care housing residents, improving mood, self-esteem and communication.  Neil McCarthy describes a project run by not-for-profit housing provider Octavia.  A paintbrush moves across a piece of drawing paper and slowly an image begins to emerge. As the page is transformed so is the painter; an older...

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