Current Issue
In this issue:
- Learning from social and care farms in Yorkshire and the Netherlands
- Serving the Sikh community in Gravesend
- Insight on the experience of sensory change
- Antipsychotic medications
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Care Homes
Stokes, G. (2025) ‘The times are a changin’. The case for low arousal care home environments’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5) 26-29. Over the years, care homes have incorporated a number of design features such as signage, the use of contrasting colours, and images intended to make it easier for people with dementia to find...
Information resources
News and resources round-up Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5)6-10 This is a brief selection of the news and resources regularly posted and updated on our website.Reports by Beth Britton. ‘Diagnosis Connect’ announced The UK Government has announced a new service entitled ‘Diagnosis Connect’ to complement existing NHS care. Diagnosis Connect will refer patients to specialist...
Community Support
Serving the Sikh community in Gravesend
Antill, K. (2025) ‘Serving the Sikh community in Gravesend’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5) 12-13 Katie Antill describes an innovative partnership between a local dementia charity and a place of assembly and worship to support people from a Sikh community affected by dementia. In 2024 a Kent charity, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services (ADSS), started...
Community
Reflections on the co-production of a social farm service model for dementia
Mazzotta, J. (2025) ‘Reflections on the co-production of a social farm service model for dementia. Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5)14-17. Social farms, also referred to as ‘care farms’ and physically based on working farms, can provide a number of benefits to people with dementia. Justin Mazzotta describes a social farm on the outskirts of York,...
Care Homes
Dementia care in the Netherlands: insights from the care farm model
Boswell MJ (2025) Dementia care in the Netherlands: insights from the care farm model. Journal of Dementia Care 33(5) 18-20. Mary-Jane Boswell describes how the ‘care farm’ model is being used in the Netherlands, highlighting how the integration of outdoor environments, animal therapy and community connection can profoundly enhance the quality of life for people...
Activity
Nourishing body and mind – A non-pharmacological intervention for dementia that enhances wellbeing
Irwin, D. (2025) ‘Nourishing body and mind – a non-pharmacological intervention for dementia that enhances wellbeing’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5) 21-23 Danine Irwin describes the benefits of food, nutrition and cookery workshops involving people with dementia I recently joined Dementia Adventure as Head of Programmes and Support Services after more than a decade working...
Community
Dementia and moral care dilemmas for a neighbour
Anon (2025) ‘Dementia and moral care dilemmas for a neighbour’, Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5) 24-25. The author discusses some of the ethical issues that arise when friends and neighbours provide support to people living with dementia I have written this piece as a friend and neighbour of three people living nearby, each of whom...
Arts
‘I can feel pins and needles in my fingers since my diagnosis’
Robinson-Carter, E. (2025) “I can feel pins and needles in my fingers since my diagnosis”: how can the arts provide insight on the experience of sensory change for people living with dementia?’ Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5)30-35. How can the arts provide insight on the experience of sensory change for people living with dementia? Ellie...
Medications
Antipsychotic medications and dementia
Kennedy S (2025) Antipsychotic medications and dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 33(5)36-41. This article is the second in a series of three aimed at helping people with dementia, their families and care staff manage some of the common issues and questions in relation to medications often prescribed to people with dementia. Here Stuart Kennedy considers...
News
Evidence for practice/Research news
Research Summaries Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5)42-43 Involvement in decision-making Decision-making involvement is important for maintaining a sense of self and quality of life for people with dementia. Using longitudinal data from 787 people recently diagnosed with dementia, this study explored whether decision-making benefits quality of life by enabling fulfilment of basic psychological needs: autonomy,...
Opinion
Williamson T (2025) De-Notes. Journal of Dementia Care, 33(5) 44-45. De-Notes are a new feature of the Journal. They are brief observations, opinions, descriptions or comments on anything related to dementia that the author wishes to write about. While they can (and should) be thought-provoking, they also need to be sensitive to the broad readership...