Service organisation/planning

  • How to plan your own future dementia care

    Peter Ashley has Lewy body dementia. Joanne Schofield is a clinical manager. Together they have a mission: to encourage others in Peter’s situation to make choices and plan for their future care. In this article they set out priniciples and practical issues, arguing for greater awareness among professionals. Author/s: Peter Ashley, Joanne Schofield For the…...

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  • Which way is home?

    Chris Sherratt surveys the problems that beset services for people with dementia and asks, ‘Will the new Care Standards help?’ Author/s: Chris Sherratt 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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  • Bridging the gap

    West Midlands: Tony Elliott and Kate Read describe a new drive in the West Midlands to encourage better provision for people with early onset dementia Author/s: Tony Elliott, Kate Read 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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  • Experience-based approach to respite care training

    Jane Jeffs and colleagues in Poole realised that the best way to train people is to help them experience for themselves the environment they are creating for service users. Here she explains how community and residential care workers came together for five days to do just that Author/s: Jane Jeffs For the full article please…...

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  • Intensive home-based dementia rehabilitation

    Stephen Wey describes the work of the Leeds Community Treatment Team, which provides intensive home assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for people with dementia, with the aim of bridging the gap between hospital and community care Author/s: Stephen Wey For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...

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  • People with dementia reveal their views of homecare

    As part of a ‘best value’ review, a day centre in West London recently invited people with dementia to contribute their views of the homecare services they use. Sue Heiser reports on how the team conducted the review, and what the service users said. Author/s: Sue Heiser For the full article please see the PDF…...

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  • Just how far have we really come?

    Sally Knocker reflects on the status of dementia care and says the time is right to make more of a noise about ageism and injustice to older people. Author/s: Sally Knocker 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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  • Dementia in a social context

    Fermanagh: Helen Gilmour describes a research project focused on a rural community. Author/s: Helen Gilmour 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 country where dementia came in from the cold

    Oslo: Norway is a place where the individual’s illness is society’s concern, says Margot Lindsay. Author/s: Margot Lindsay 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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  • Pioneers’ progress

    Bedford: Margaret Anne Tibbs, Pat Stock and Jeanette Rothen describe the Alzheimer’s Link project. Author/s: Margaret Anne Tibbs, Pat Stock, Jeanette Rothen 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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