May/June 1996

  • Summertime…

    …and the living is easy, if we’re lucky and the sun shines. In the warmer weather people with dementia will appreciate help to enjoy the garden and take part themselves, writes Alison Ryan. Author/s: Alison Ryan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...

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  • The secondary dementias 1: An overview

    Judith Allardyce begins a new series describing the many treatable conditions in which dementia can occur. Author/s: Judith Allardyce 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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  • The Politics of Panic

    Editorial Comment Author/s: Sue Benson 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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  • Dipping in to a poisonous problem

    The furore about BSE has ensured a huge cash injection for research. Una Holden-Cosgrove argues that more attention should be paid to another condition equally horrific in symptoms and course – organophosphate poisoning. Author/s: Una Holden-Cosgrove For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available…...

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  • Look and learn: designs on the care environment

    A few simple and inexpensive ideas have transformed a care home, improving orientation and lessening incontinence, as Ann Marie Bignall describes. Author/s: Ann Marie Bignall 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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  • Driven by fear to defend his secure world

    Mr D’s tormented, disturbing behaviour was incomprehensible to those around him. Understanding its roots could not give him the peace of mind he had never possessed, but it brought tolerance and lessened his wife’s distress, writes Graham Stokes. Author/s: Graham Stokes For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...

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  • Howling dogs and whistling women

    In this second article, Esme Moniz-Cook and Alec Gill list further examples of folklore beliefs which can often be the cause of acute anxiety or “challenging” behaviour in a person with dementia. Author/s: Esme Moniz-Cook, Alec Gill For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...

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  • Helping to recreate a personal sacred space

    Many care workers have always attended to spiritual needs, through truly individualised care, writes Laraine Moffitt. Author/s: Laraine Moffitt 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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  • Speaking out for advocacy

    Advocacy is critical to the achievement of key community care principles of empowerment but, says Jan Killeen, what is entirely missing is direction from government on how authorities are to provide the service for those who need it. Author/s: Jan Killeen For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The…...

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  • Wales widens its training boundaries

    Amode Lado and Elizabeth Williams describe the development of an innovative multidisciplinary care course in Wales. Author/s: Amode Lado, Elizabeth Williams 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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