Integrating services
Sheffield: The development of integrated mental health services in this area Author/s: Carol Cooper 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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Wadebridge Memory Bank: a psychoeducation group
Mike Bender, Gilly Constance and colleagues have developed a long-term support and self-help group for people with a diagnosis of dementia. In this first of two articles, they describe setting up and running the group, outlining perceived benefits and research issues Author/s: Mike Bender, Gilly Constance For the full article please see the PDF download…...
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Meeting NSF standards through partnership
Yorkshire: Suzanne Wightman describes a project to improve care for older people with mental health needs in an acute hospital Author/s: Suzanne Wightman 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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In search of the forgotten older people of Africa
The Pangolin Project plans to bring some help and support to older people with dementia and their carers in Tanzania, where virtually no services exist, as Constance Tonge reports Author/s: Constance Tonge 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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Respite care and short breaks: what works and at what cost?
It is important to find out which services benefit people with dementia and their carers most: in particular whether carers gain more support from respite care and short breaks or from other services. Hilary Arksey and Helen Weatherly review the research evidence to date and comment on its limitations, given the wide range of different…...
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A SPECAL place to keep
Burford, Oxon: Penny Garner reports on how the SPECAL project for people with Alzheimer’s Disease now has a safer fotting for the future Author/s: Penny Garner 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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Northern Ireland service review seeks views and contributions
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A toolbox of skills to share across dementia care
Following from their article in the last issue, on a ‘shared care’ approach of collaboration between GPs and hospital specialists in dementia care, Steve Iliffe, Jane Wilcock and Deborah Haworth here identify twelve competemcies needed by professionals along the dementia care pathway Author/s: Steve Iliffe, Jane Wilcock, Deborah Haworth For the full article please see…...
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Hospital readmission: possible reasons and recommendations
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Developing better services for young onset dementia
Specialist services for younger people with dementia are few and far between. Tessa Gutteridge and Sue Heiser report on two different forums to address this problem and seek solutions Author/s: Tessa Gutteridge, Sue Heiser For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you…...