Journey of Discovery
Editorial Comment Author/s: Mary Marshall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Issue: March/April 2002
How to plan your own future dementia care
Peter Ashley has Lewy body dementia. Joanne Schofield is a clinical manager. Together they have a mission: to encourage others in Peter’s situation to make choices and plan for their future care. In this article they set out priniciples and practical issues, arguing for greater awareness among professionals. Author/s: Peter Ashley, Joanne Schofield For the...
Approaching the mystery
For all our advances in communication, the experience of dementia remains a fundamental mystery to us – though it is clearly part of the broader mystery of life itself, as John Killick suggests in this meditative piece Author/s: John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...
Designing for dining: the secret of happier mealtimes
In the first of a new series on design for dementia, Margaret Calkins and Jennifer Brush describe how one woman’s unhappy mealtime experiences led to an appraisal of the whole dining room environment Author/s: Margaret Calkins, Jennifer Brush For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive...
How technology can help people feel safe at home
John Woolham and Brian Frisby describe the Safe at Home project, which used technology to help people with dementia to remain in their own homes in Northampton, and the results of a formal evaluation of the scheme. Author/s: John Woolham, Brian Frisby For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right....
Holding a mirror up to the world
Popular fiction moves with the times and reflects changing attitudes to dementia and the caring role. Jill Manthorpe surveys the scene Author/s: Jill Manthorpe For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Is it really such a risk?
Caroline Baker asks why residents are sometimes ‘protected’ too much from activities that could benefit them Author/s: Caroline Baker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Which way is home?
Chris Sherratt surveys the problems that beset services for people with dementia and asks, ‘Will the new Care Standards help?’ Author/s: Chris Sherratt For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
A moral obligation to share knowledge
Bradford Dementia Group is behind a new BSc course in dementia studies, the first of its kind at undergraduate level Author/s: Bradford Dementia Group For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
The benefits of peer supervision
Tyneside: Gill Campbell and Elaine Coombes have developed a system of peer supervision with colleagues also working with people with early onset dementia Author/s: Gill Campbell, Elaine Coombes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....