The care environment
A research area reviewed and analysed, by Jeff Garland. Author/s: Jeff Garland For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Article Category: Research
Carers have different priorities
Would a drug for dementia that produced modest improvement be worth using, despite side effects? Carers’ views contrast sharply with those of professionals on this question, as Antony Bayer’s research showed. Author/s: Antony Bayer For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you...
Risk and restraint
Jef Smith gathers what is important, helpful, practical and readable in research and publications on restraint and risk taking in residential settings. Author/s: Jef Smith For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Living with Dementia in Extra Care Housing
It is estimated that more than fifth of those living in Extra Care Housing have dementia, but relatively little is known about their experience of it. Teresa Atkinson and colleagues set out plans for an 19-month project exploring how Extra Care can help to live well with dementia. Extra Care Housing (ECH) is...
Research summaries (SO21)
The research papers summarised here are selected for their relevance and importance to dementia care practice by the section editors, Hazel Heath and Sue Benson. We welcome suggestions of papers to be included. If you would like to contribute a summary or a short comment on an important research paper recently published, drawing practitioners’ attention...
Now is the time to take action
Gill Livingston is professor of psychiatry of older people in the Division of Psychiatry, UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences. Worldwide around 50 million people live with dementia, and this number is projected to increase to 152 million by 2050. Dementia affects individuals, their families, and the economy, with global costs estimated at about US$1 trillion...