Article Category: Psychosocial Approaches

A strong need to hold on

Jackie Diamond, manager of a day centre in Israel, asks why many people with dementia collect objects, often not their own Author/s: Jackie Diamond 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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Difficult decisions: what are a person’s ‘best interests’?

Much dementia care practice is founded on an assumption of the person’s ‘best interests’ but these are often far from easy to determine. Reviewing the issues, Graham Stokes argues that care plans must be founded on agreed and conspicuous safeguards which are not only ethical but also easily understood and administered. Author/s: Graham Stokes For...

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Making contact: an activity-based model of care

Changing the culture of care in an institutional setting is never an easy task. Jackie Pool reports on the success of a care practice development project at Addenbrooke residential home in Gosport, Hampshire. Author/s: Jackie Pool For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...

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Looking after well-being: how it works in practice

Responding to questions and feedback from their two recent articles, Errollyn Bruce and Stephen Wey explain in detail how the well- and ill-being profile works in practice, and discuss some of the thinking behind its development. Author/s: Errollyn Bruce, Stephen Wey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Looking after well-being: a community perspective

Stephen Wey explains how he and his colleagues have found well- and ill-being profiles an invaluable tool for assessing and maintaining well-being in a community setting Author/s: Stephen Wey 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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Facing up to the Bills

Does person-centred care exist? Tracy Packer asked in the last issue. In the second part of her series, she considers the psychological conflict that faces care workers who want to work in a person-centred way within the limitations of staff shortage and inadequate care environments. Author/s: Tracy Packer For the full article please see the...

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Building a bridge from philosophy to practice

Jackie Pool argues that a social-psychological model of dementia care is not enough; an understanding of neurological impairments must be integrated with it to form a new model for practice that removes the barriers causing disability. Author/s: Jackie Pool For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC...

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Does person-centred care exist?

Is person-centred care an impossible pipe dream – unworkable in the real world of care, and worse, causing despair as staff feel they are falling short of the ideal? In this first of a series analysing the obstacles that stand in its way, Tracy Packer highlights the gap between ideal and reality. Author/s: Tracy Packer...

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Developing person-centred standards for care homes

Mo Ray describes the process and outcomes of the joint project, Developing standards of care using person-centred approaches – developed through a partnership beteween the Alzheimer’s Society and the Royal College of Nursing. Author/s: Mo Ray For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...

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3: Visual impairments and problems with perception

A range of complex and specific visual impairments and perceptual problems can compound the difficulties faced by a person with dementia, as Clare Morris explains in this third article. Author/s: Clare Morris 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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