Issue: January/February 2005

Fulfilling collaboration

Jim Ellis describes how a successful outing was planned through sensitive partnership 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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Technology

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Learning about the lived experience of dementia

How can we beging to understand how it feels to have dementia? Rakel Berenbaum gives some pointers to the increasing body of resources and materials which can help us learn Author/s: Rakel Berenbaum 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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Making sense of dementia through metaphor

People with dementia are beginning to take the lead in providing essential insights into what they are experiencing, and they often express those insights in the powerful language of symbol and metaphor, as John Killick explains Author/s: John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC...

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Teaching family carers about dying, death and grief

How can professionals help relatives and carers perpare for the changes of late dementia and approaching death? Anne Sammut outlines the key issues, including strategies for educators to deal with their own anxiety, and for carers to understand and cope with grief Author/s: Anne Sammut For the full article please see the PDF download linked...

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The timeline project: helping us see the person not the disease

Debra Dudley and Alan Pringle describe a simple project which helps student nurses to see the person behind their symptoms of late dementia Author/s: Debra Dudley, Alan Pringle 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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Wadebridge Memory Bank: a psychoeducation group

Mike Bender, Gilly Constance and colleagues have developed a long-term support and self-help group for people with a diagnosis of dementia. In this first of two articles, they describe setting up and running the group, outlining perceived benefits and research issues Author/s: Mike Bender, Gilly Constance For the full article please see the PDF download...

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Current drug treatment options in Alzheimer’s disease

Lisa Chick gives an overview of the medication currently licensed and recommended for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in the UK Author/s: Lisa Chick 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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Assessing children’s views of dementia

Kim Cowley of the Norwich and District branch of the Alzheimer’s Society presents the results of a small-scale survey looking at children’s perceptions of dementia Author/s: Kim Cowley 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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Real lives…

Comment by Linda Clare Author/s: Linda Clare 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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