January/February 2002

  • A systematic assessment of assistive technology

    ENABLE is a three-year project running across four countries to assess the role of assistive technology in helping the people with dementia with everyday activities and develop new devices – Inger Hagen, Torhild Holthe, Petrina Duff, Suzanne Cahill, Jane Gilliard, Roger Orpwood, Paivi Topo and Sidsel Bjorneby explain in the second part of our series…...

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  • It’s more than just pulling strings

    Storytelling with puppets helped three people with dementia on a continuing care ward to find a new voice. Sue Saunders and Claire McLoughlin tell the tale. Author/s: Sue Saunders, Claire McLoughlin 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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  • Back to the real sensory world our ‘care’ has taken away

    Colin MacDonald reflects on research into the effects of multisensory stimulation. He argues that care environments and practices have developed in a way that excludes people with dementia from the pleasurable sensory experiences most of us enjoy every day. Rather than create a new environment to compensate for this deprivation, should we not try to…...

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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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  • A break together

    Middlesex: When an opportunity arose to go on holiday with her husband, who has severe dementia, Sylvia Foley made the most of it. Author/s: Sylvia Foley 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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