Dorset: Diane Beavis describes the first steps in setting up a Practice Development Unit with a mission: ‘To integrate teams within the elderly mental health service to provide excellent care for our clients’ Author/s: Diane Beavis For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...
Bradford Dementia Group is behind a new BSc course in dementia studies, the first of its kind at undergraduate level Author/s: Bradford Dementia Group For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Can we improve primary care for people with dementia and their families? Murna Downs and colleagues give an overview of one study which aims to do just that, by evaluating three kinds of educational intervention Author/s: Murna Downs For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
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…...
By Neil Stamp, training development officer, Dementia Voice Author/s: Neil Stamp For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
By Alan Chapman, education and training officer, DSDC Stirling Author/s: Alan Chapman For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Lynne Phair and Anne McKenzie describe the AgeCare training awards, intended to raise the status of staff in care. Author/s: Lynne Phair, Anne McKenzie For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
A new regular column, launched here by Alan Chapman, dealing with important aspects of providing education and training to staff groups. Author/s: Alan Chapman For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Maidstone: Helen Wilkin of the EQUAL project describes its focus on supporting care home staff working with people with dementia. Author/s: Helen Wilkin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Changing the culture of care in an institutional setting is never an easy task. Jackie Pool reports on the success of a care practice development project at Addenbrooke residential home in Gosport, Hampshire. Author/s: Jackie Pool For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...