Batchelor A et al (2023). The IDEAL Living with Dementia Toolkit: living your life with hope. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 20-24. How to stay safe and well, stay connected, stay active, stay positive and keep a sense of purpose. Allison Batchelor and colleagues describe the development of a new Living with Dementia Toolkit, a...
Polson J, Pomfret S, Bowie G (2023) Forget-me-Not Garden project – Collaboration between a prison and a care services team. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 24-27. Evidence suggests that gardening can enhance the wellbeing of people with dementia. Jilly Polson, Stuart Pomfret and Gillian Bowie describe a unique collaboration between a prison and a care...
Capstick A, Previdoli G, Barbosa A, Mason C (2023). Voices from the Frontline: Turning research on care homes and Covid-19 into theatre. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 32-34. “Voices from the Frontline” is a theatrical performance originating in a research project to find out how care staff responded to the challenge of Covid-19. Andrea Capstick...
Teader A (2023) The National Day of Arts in Care Homes 2022 – Shining a spotlight on arts in care provision. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 14-15. Arts participation in care settings can bring immense benefits to the people who live and work in them. Alison Teader reports on the National Day of Arts in...
Scarrott C (2023) Improving access to dementia care in the Travelling community. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 16-18. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities frequently have poor health outcomes and little awareness of dementia. Cheryl Scarrott shares the implications for professional practice of supporting these families in the community. Since 2019, I’ve been a dementia specialist...
Awad G (2023) United: Caring for our loved ones living with dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 12-13. Author Gina Awad and cartoonist Tony Husband teamed up to produce a new book relating true stories about the challenges of dementia care faced by families. Gina tells how United: Caring For Our Loved Ones Living With...
Brooker D, Oliver K (2023) Reconsidering Dementia Book Series. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 18-19. A new book series titled Reconsidering Dementia promises to be scholarly, engaging and attractive to a broad audience. Dawn Brooker and Keith Oliver set out their hopes and plans for the series, which encourages readers to think more deeply about...
Chesterton L, Ford M, Ahmed A (2023) The importance of support for people living with dementia who are experiencing ‘sundowner syndrome’. Journal of Dementia Care 31(1) 28-31. “Sundowner syndrome” is common in people with dementia, resulting in agitation and anxiety, yet there are few therapeutic approaches or guidelines to help care professionals. Lorna Chesterton, Matthew...
Now that the US medicines regulator has granted accelerated approval for the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab, the way is clear for similar approvals in the UK and Europe. We have been here before, of course, when the American Food and Drug Administration gave qualified approval two years ago to another monoclonal antibody drug called aducanumab, which...
By Keith Oliver The start of the New Year is an ideal time to revisit or reconsider what has gone before and what might lie ahead. It seems quite unbelievable that 12 years ago, when I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I could not find any books written by or with a person with dementia....