How can we know someone is in pain if they cannot tell us? People with dementia may suffer severe and disabling pain if we fail to pick up the clues that could lead to assessment and treatment in many cases. Cathy Chatten explains. Author/s: Cathy Chatten For the full article please see the PDF download…...
All human beings have a need for contact with others; from the moment of birth throughout our lives into old age, it is crucial to our well-being. Paula Crimmens describes how the way babies and children communicate with us and we with them can guide us towards true human contact with people who have lost…...
Searching for the individual causes of toileting difficulty can lead on to successful, person-centred interventions, Graham Stokes argues. Author/s: Graham Stokes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Validation in a group setting can provide its members with a safe, trusting environment where they can express emotions and offer each other friendship, advice and support, writes Vicki de Klerk-Rubin. Author/s: Vicki de Klerk-Rubin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if…...
Finding someone wet or soiled is no good reason to label them incontinent, writes Graham Stokes in this first of three articles on toileting difficulty in dementia. Instead of labelling, we should begin the process of finding out why. Author/s: Graham Stokes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right…....
In the first of two articles on the development of a person-centred care approach to dementia care, Ian Morton and Christine Bleathman evaluate Validation Therapy. Author/s: Ian Morton, Christine Bleathman For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
The expression of sexuality by older people with dementia is a problem for staff. Once this is openly acknowledged, a problem-solving approach is the logical next step. Carole Archibald sets out her framework for action. Author/s: Carole Archibald For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
In this third and final article on sexuality and dementia, Carole Archibald discusses how to take appropriate action. Author/s: Carole Archibald For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Rupert McShane looks at research that differentiates between walking and wandering, and possible solutions to the problem. Author/s: Rupert McShane For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the face of criticism from some professionals, and a tendency, she feels, to over-simplify the theory and practice of Validation, Vicki de Klerk-Rubin sets the record straight. Author/s: Vicki de Klerk-Rubin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....