Middleton, P. (2025) ‘Tech and me’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(6) p. 17 Peter Middleton describes how technology enables him to live well with dementia. Author Details Peter Middleton is a passionate advocate, blogger, and volunteer living with young-onset dementia. Diagnosed in 2018, he turned his experience into a mission to raise awareness, support research, and challenge stigma. A…
Milton S (2025) Dementia Diaries. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 19. Diarists share their thoughts and conversations about hearing each other: sensory struggles, shared wisdom, and the power of being involved. A conversation. A sense of connection. And a reminder of how important it is that people with dementia continue not only to speak, but…...
Niven et al (2024 Reading Well for dementia: the power of co-production. Journal of Dementia Care 32(5)13-15. Amy Niven, Rachael Litherland and colleagues describe the process of co-production, including people living with dementia and family carers alongside other experts, that led to the latest Reading Well for dementia list. Amy Niven, Hannah Pimble and Gemma Jolly,…...
Many readers will be familiar with the efforts over recent years to recast dementia as a disability. One of the main drivers behind this is an attempt to establish a conversation about applying a social model of disability to dementia. In brief, the social model of disability describes how a person is disabled, not just…...
Batchelor A et al (2023). The IDEAL Living with Dementia Toolkit: living your life with hope. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 20-24. How to stay safe and well, stay connected, stay active, stay positive and keep a sense of purpose. Allison Batchelor and colleagues describe the development of a new Living with Dementia Toolkit, a…...
Digital technology could be embraced more widely by people in the early stages of dementia, says Catherine James, explaining her award-winning project to design a personal assistant for dementia app. My study evaluated the feasibility of using a smartphone, iPad, or home screen personal assistant for dementia (PAD) with people in the early stages of the condition. It showed the potential positive effects of such a tool on wellbeing, orientation,…...
In Dementia Diaries, people living with dementia from groups in the DEEP network use a voicemail service to record their thoughts and experiences… wherever and whenever they feel like doing so. But, at the end of the summer, the technology behind Dementia Diaries finally gave up the ghost. This has meant that we are currently rebuilding the website, and have been…...