Patsy Jones-Faria and Sally Rylance report on a new group in Birmingham for ‘transitional’ carers Author/s: Patsy Jones-Faria, Sally Rylance For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Marie Mills and Elizabeth Bartlett describe their experience over four years of setting up and running support groups for people with dementia Author/s: Marie Mills, Elizabeth Bartlett For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Ann Marshall, Romola Bucks and Helen Mander report on the evaluation of a 24-week support group for people in the early stages of dementia Author/s: Ann Marshall, Romola Bucks, Helen Mander For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Ruth Burgess describes how a group for people with dementia, run by the Alzheimer’s Society North Tyneside branch, brought mutual support and fun for its members. The group had a wider influence too, on dementia awareness and services locally Author/s: Ruth Burgess For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right....
James McKillop has multi-infarct dementia. Here he tells of the dark days before diagnosis when his work and family life fell apart, and how person-centred help eventually turned his life and well-being around completely Author/s: James McKillop For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...
In this seconf of two articles on the Wadebridge Memory Bank psychoeducation group, Mike Bender, Gilly Constance and colleagues discuss how such groups could be researched, and provide a helpful checklist of dos and don’ts Author/s: Mike Bender, Gilly Constance For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...
Neeru Aggarwal, Rebekah Pratt and Linda Clare describe a support group for all people with memory difficulties, diagnosed or not Author/s: Neeru Aggarwal, Rebekah Pratt, Linda Clare For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Sutton, Surrey: Patricia Higgins describes the success of running small religious services for people with dementia Author/s: Patricia Higgins For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Mike Bender, Gilly Constance and colleagues have developed a long-term support and self-help group for people with a diagnosis of dementia. In this first of two articles, they describe setting up and running the group, outlining perceived benefits and research issues Author/s: Mike Bender, Gilly Constance For the full article please see the PDF download...
Norwich: a ‘coffee morning’ initiative aimed to give people with dementia and carers the ordinary social opportunities they were missing. It has succeeded and also brought many further benefits, as Judith Farmer explains Author/s: Judith Farmer For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...