Pool J, Marshall E (2025) Cognitive Rehabilitation therapy Should it be provided for people diagnosed with dementia? Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 32-36. GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation therapy has been shown to be effective in addressing lost abilities. Jackie Pool and Emma Marshall (left to right below) describe how it was used effectively to help an…
This is a brief selection of the news and resources regularly posted and updated on our website. Reports by Beth Britton. Blueprint for proactive and preventative digital care services published ‘Unlocking the Power of Proactive and Preventative Care Services – A practical blueprint for planning, implementing and scaling up’ has been published by a new…...
By Toby Williamson, editor designate of the Journal of Dementia Care Greetings to all readers of the Journal of Dementia Care. This is my first comment piece as the new editor of the journal (I will take over the role from the next issue onwards). You can read more about me and my hopes for…...
Wiliamson T (2025) Change and challenge. Journal of Dementia Care 33(3) 12. A message from the editor designate of JDC, Toby Williamson I feel very excited to be the new editor of the Journal of Dementia Care, though also slightly daunted. As a reader and contributor to JDC over many years, I’ve always been impressed…...
Williamson T, Middleton P (2025) Tribute to Nigel Hullah. Journal of Dementia Care 33(3) 13. Nigel Hullah was a well-known campaigner and activist in the dementia world who lived with the condition. Sadly, Nigel died earlier in 2025. Here are two tributes to Nigel: one from JDC’s incoming editor Toby Williamson, and one from Peter…...
Pasiecznik Parsons M, Williamson T (2025) Creative Dementia: Arts for Health and Wellbeing. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 14-18 In June 2025 Dementia Community and the Creative Dementia Arts Network staged a conference in Bristol exploring creative arts for dementia. Maria Pasiecznik Parsons and Toby Williamson describe the event, with some of their personal highlights…....
Milton S (2025) Dementia Diaries. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 19. Diarists share their thoughts and conversations about hearing each other: sensory struggles, shared wisdom, and the power of being involved. A conversation. A sense of connection. And a reminder of how important it is that people with dementia continue not only to speak, but…...
Williamson T (2025). Book review: Understanding dementia and the needs of people living with dementia – A brief focus on Nigeria. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 20. Toby Williamson reviews the first book of its kind to focus on dementia in relation to Nigerian people living in Nigeria and the UK. As awareness grows of…...
Harrison Dening K, Ambrosi M (2025). Book review and author comment. Scarlett Buckling and the Case of the Missing Pictures. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 21. There is a need for more books that engage and explain dementia to children and young people. Karen Harrison Dening reviews a new book with a sparky heroine who…...
Lennox D (2023) Creating change for Young Onset Dementia support. Journal of Dementia Care 33(4) 22-23. Debby Lennox of Dementia Forward describes how the charity reinvented local support for younger people with dementia, pioneering a specialist, age-appropriate care and support model that could be shared nationally. Dementia Forward, a North Yorkshire charity, is entering the…...