Article Category: Sensory stimulation

The sweet smell of success

Bristol: Tina Free and Louise Chambers describe their Mobile Therapy Unit, offering complementary therapies to people with dementia living at home Author/s: Tina Free, Louise Chambers 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 right mix of ingredients: working alongside care staff

Sometimes many cooks can make the broth better. Sally Knocker describes how working alongside care staff in an activity like this can make learning good dementia care practice both tangible and fun. Author/s: Sally Knocker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if...

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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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Sensory stimulation work with carers in the community

Larissa Kempenaar, Christine McNamara and Dr Bill Creaney report on the evaluation of their exploratory study of specific sensory stimulation for people with dementia in the community. Author/s: Larissa Kempenaar, Christine McNamara, Bill Creaney For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you...

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Sensory stimulation – where do we go from here?

Julie Ellis and Tania Thorn review the current state of research on sensory stimulation, drawing attention to important questions and directions for the future development of this work. Author/s: Julie Ellis, Tania Thorn 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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EQUAL to the task: promoting meaningful activity

Linda Spender and Roisin Joyce describe the EQUAL workshop, which aims to show care staff how they can make a real difference to residents’ lives by engaging with them, especially through sensory activities, during routine care. Author/s: Linda Spender, Roisin Joyce For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Reminiscence by recreation

In an example of how simple measures can be taken to bring residents’ memories alive, care assistant Mary McIlwaine tells John Killick about her work in a residential home in Belfast. Author/s: Mary McIlwaine For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you...

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Pathways through the senses to individualised care

Lesley Ann Wareing describes how her work involves family carers in devising appropriate sensory activity that engages and calms the individual with dementia, thus meeting the carer’s needs too, and helping them to carry on at home. Author/s: Lesley Ann Wareing For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Coming to your senses

Creating a sensory garden at a nursing home has proved a worthwhile project, Karen East reports. Author/s: Karen East 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 benefits of specific sensory stimulation

Inspired by the use of multisensory environments to benefit people with dementia, Christine McNamara and Larissa Kempenaar report on their research into specific sensory stimulation. Author/s: Christine McNamara, Larissa Kempenaar 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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