Article Category: Types of dementia

What users and carers think of a service for younger people

By Emma Shlosberg, Caroline Browne, Alice Knight and Robert Baldwin Author/s: Emma Shlosberg, Caroline Browne, Alice Knight, Robert Baldwin 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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A therapeutic journey

Jim Ellis describes one particular way in which he and his wife Margaret, with severe early onset dementia, were able to share and enjoy communication Author/s: Jim Ellis 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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People with a learning disability: their concerns about dementia

Now that people with a learning disability live longer, more of them are developing dementia. In planning the services they need, an important first step is to ask them what they think. Heather Wilkinson, Diana Kerr and Catherine Rae report. Author/s: Heather Wilkinson, Diana Kerr, Catherine Rae For the full article please see the PDF...

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Learning disabilities and dementia: a pilot therapy group

Michelle Rosewarne describes the development of a support group, involving a range of psychotherapeutic approaches, for people with the dual disability of learning disabilities and dementia. Author/s: Michelle Rosewarne 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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Who cares?

Berta Zehetmayr’s story of Mary, passed from pillar to post, highlights the acute lack of services for younger people with dementia Author/s: Berta Zehetmayr 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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Early onset team proves a success

The Lewis Team began as a time-limited project to improve care for younger people with dementia. Its success has now made part of mainstream care provision in the city of Newcastle. Author/s: rg/admin/jdcarticles-amend.pl 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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Where do we go from here?

Belfast: details of a forthcoming conference on learning disability and dementia Author/s: rg/admin/jdcarticles-amend.pl 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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Meeting a special need for confidence and independence

The Clive Project helps the younger person with dementia maintain confidence, self-esteem and independence through a flexible and individual home-based support service, as Tessa Gutteridge explains. The project won a Department of Health Social Care Award 2000 for promoting independence. Author/s: Tessa Gutteridge For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the...

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GPs – we need you

Shirley Nurock’s husband, himself a GP, developed Alzheimer’s disease in his fifties. Looking back, she can see how better and more sensitive primary care services might have eased the trauma of those years for the whole family. Author/s: Shirley Nurock For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...

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6: Understanding specific memory disorders

Clare Morris explains the way memory is thought to work, how this information can help us in communicating, and how specific memory disorders can affect the person with dementia, in this sixth article of her series. Author/s: Clare Morris For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC...

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