March/April 2022

New Perspectives on responding to Behavioural & Emotional Expressions of Need: The micro-skills involved in de-escalating agitation

[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Daniel Thompson is assistant psychologist, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust, Louisa Shirley is a chartered clinical psychologist and clinical lecturer, University of Manchester, Kristina Gray is assistant psychologist, CNTW, and Ian Andrew James is consultant clinical psychologist, CNTW. [/su_box] Professional carers employ a wide range of…...

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JDC Asks

“Thinking about the design of the care environment for a person with dementia, what single inexpensive change can often lead to the greatest gain in quality of life?” We rely on sensory clues to navigate our environment, especially people with sight, hearing and cognitive impairments. Seeing things clearly is vital for recognition, understanding, wayfinding…...

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How to support and enable people living with all levels of dementia

[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] By Jackie Pool, QCS, Dementia Care Champion [/su_box] The PAL instrument was developed to help assess a person’s level of functional and cognitive ability with the aim of providing better support and care. It is now available free from QCS as a download. Its creator, Jackie Pool, describes the journey…...

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How do we meaningfully engage stakeholders in developing a best practice approach to post-diagnostic dementia support?

[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Greta Brunskill is research associate, Alison Wheatley is research associate, Claire Bamford is senior research associate, and Laura Booi is research associate, all at Newcastle University. Joe Costello is Admiral Nurse at Dementia UK, Jo Herbert is a former carer and member of the Dementia Care Community, and Sue Tucker…...

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Valuing ‘nous’ – injecting health and social care with a booster of emotional intelligence

[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] David Sheard is professor of emotional intelligence in care at York St John University and can be contacted by email at d.sheard@yorksj.ac.uk. A YouTube recording of his professorial inaugural lecture can be found at www.youtube.com (search “David Sheard inaugural lecture”). His University linked website is www.emotional-intelligence.care. [/su_box] A recruitment and…...

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Acute hospital care for people living with dementia: Review of recent research

[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Hazel Heath is an independent nurse consultant and a consultant editor of the Journal of Dementia Care. [/su_box] Scanning the research literature Hazel Heath was struck by the volume of recent studies on dementia care in acute hospital settings. Here she highlights the key messages and implications for practice. [su_box…...

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JDC Research Summaries

Community Support Services Current policy guidance recommends that people diagnosed with mild-to-moderate dementia receive information and psychosocial interventions to improve their ability to ‘live well’ but it remains unclear to what extent this is achieved. This study collected information from over 1500 people living with dementia and over 1200 carers in England. It identified that…...

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Events

14-15 March Managers Conference 2022 Subtitled “Together Again: Regroup, Recovery, Resilience”, the conference in Warwickshire is organised by National Care Forum. www.nationalcareforum.org.uk 25-26 March Alzheimer’s Show 2022 Talks, practical advice and information on services and products all available at this London show. www.alzheimersshow.co.uk 22-23 April International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment London conference…...

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Resources

London housing and care provider Octavia and St Christopher’s Hospice are launching a resource to help care teams promote a better quality of life for people towards the end of their lives. The Better Lives, Better Endings resource is aimed at care teams working in extra care housing and includes a range of tools to…...

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Dementia Diaries

Our rebuilding of the new Dementia Diaries website continues apace.   When we are ready to go we will be relaunching Dementia Diaries with the new, much more accessible website.   We’ll be looking to expand the range and number of diarists too, so we’ll be asking for your support in reaching out. Do you know or…...

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