Article Category: Reminiscence/Life Story

Life story work sees the person beyond the dementia

Paul Batson, Kirsty Thorne and Jennifer Peak discuss a project to evaluate life story work, and how it helped care professionals and famaily carers as well as people with dementia Author/s: Paul Batson, Kirsty Thorne, Jennifer Peak For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...

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It’s more than just pulling strings

Storytelling with puppets helped three people with dementia on a continuing care ward to find a new voice. Sue Saunders and Claire McLoughlin tell the tale. Author/s: Sue Saunders, Claire McLoughlin 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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Looking after well-being: a tool for clinical audit

Chrissie Hosking describes how a clinical audit using well- and ill-being profiling was able to satisfy managers of a small community hospital that a person-centred approach with sensory stimulation improves well-being – even of those people with dementia who can do little for themselves. Author/s: Chrissie Hosking For the full article please see the PDF...

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Expressing her playfulness, love and laughter

Kathleen’s life was filled with hard work, with little time to enjoy motherhood or have fun. But the experience of dementia seemed to free her to relax, laugh and take pleasure in maternal and nurturing feelings towards her ‘family’ of soft toys, writes Kim Wylie Author/s: Kim Wylie For the full article please see the...

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Exploring reminiscence through dance and movement

Arts-based activities can make a real difference in dementia care, giving people who may have lost the skills of ordinary conversation vital opportunities to express themselves in a different way, writes Richard Coaten Author/s: Richard Coaten For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...

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A new presence for the past

Multimedia archives offer a new tool for reminiscence, writes Andrew Chapman Author/s: Andrew Chapman 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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Where women meet: aren’t we more alike than different?

Mike Bender, Viv Horton, Fran Rees and Avril Butler explain how they are helping female staff to explore and share major aspects of their lives with other women, including those who have dementia, in a new training course. Author/s: Mike Bender, Viv Horton, Fran Rees, Avril Butler For the full article please see the PDF...

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Community links help bring cafe culture to care

Maureen Sansom, with Jan Gordon, Jill Forsyth and Maureen Anton, describes a series of imaginative projects at a home in Peeblesshire, which have drawn on talent in the local community and brough people together in stimulating new ways. Author/s: Maureen Sansom For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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A SPECAL way of maintaining well-being in dementia

Margaret Godel explains how the SPECAL approach uses detailed information about a person’s way of life before dementia to develop a mosaic of strategies and interventions to maintain their self-esteem and well-being in the present, all through every day. Author/s: Margaret Godel For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right....

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Roses all year in memory lane

Warwickshire: Barbara Jagger describes a creative project which has brought a whole community together. Author/s: Barbara Jagger 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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