Customised Tai Chi for people with dementia

Linda Stephens explains how Tai Chi has become an important part of one day hospital’s programme – with storytelling and sensory stimulation added into the formula for success Author/s: Linda Stephens 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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A room of one?s own: ?room-centred care?

In this chapter from his new book, And still the music plays, Graham Stokes tells the story of Penny K, showing how living in a care home can be made compatible with having personal and familiar space. Author/s: Graham Stokes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...

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Improving the view from the Front Porch

Susan Lanza tells how a care home in the United States transformed a troubled nursing home unit into a specialist dementia care facility � with a motivated staff team taking responsibility for learning and leading on the changes. Author/s: Susan Lanza For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Making the most of memories

Julie Heathcote highlights the benefits of a reminiscence-based approach to both activities and care for people with dementia, addressing some practical issues and common concerns Author/s: Julie Heathcote 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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A fluid way to share energy across the generations

Esther Jones describes a project which focused on the pleasure of older and younger people sharing time together Author/s: Esther Jones 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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Revisiting Christopher Robin: reminiscence and self-esteem

Hilda Flint explores AA Milne’s Christopher Robin Verses with a group of people with dementia, and rediscovers the joys and encouragement to be found in these famous verses Author/s: Hilda Flint 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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Powers of persuasion

Bob Woods writes in appreciation of Pam Schweitzer’s work in reminiscence and dementia care Author/s: Bob Woods 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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The therapeutic use of dolls in dementia care

Doll therapy is potentially a useful approach to behaviour we find challenging in people with dementia, say Ian James, F Katharina Reichelt, Rachel Morse, Lorna Mackenzie and Elizebeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, reporting on their recent research Author/s: Ian James, F Katharina Reichelt, Rachel Morse, Lorna Mackenzie, Elizebeta Mukaetova-Ladinska For the full article please see the PDF download...

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A personal experience of successful doll therapy

Sheila Gibson describes the difference a doll made: not only did it improve the quality of her mother’s final months of life in a nursing home, but it also had therapeutic consequences for the family – and benefits for staff, too Author/s: Sheila Gibson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to...

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A restorative for the soul

Edinburgh: Susan Kirkbride explains the background to a collaborative production of a CD of favourite hymns for older people Author/s: Susan Kirkbride 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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