Using diaries as a channel of communication between staff and the main carers of clients has helped create closer and more rewarding relationships for all concerned, report Joyce Walne and Maxine Wallbank. Author/s: Joyce Walne, Maxine Wallbank For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...
Susie Dinan would like to see more people with dementia more active, more often. Activity and music sessions could be extended, she urges, to include exercises that promotestrength and mobility and so maintain independence. Author/s: Susie Dinan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...
When family carers became involved in professional education for dementia care their influence made all the difference, as Alison Soliman and Margaret Butterworth describe. Author/s: Alison Soliman, Margaret Butterworth For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the first of a series about the problems facing younger people with dementia and their families, Elaine Duncan writes about the genetic and family issues for a young person with familial Alzheimer’s disease. Author/s: Elaine Duncan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...
Murna Downs, director of the Centre for Social Research on Dementia at the University of Stirling, talks about the centre’s role in the main article of this new section; which aims to provide a channel of two-way communicaion between researchers amd practioners in the expanding field of social, psychological and nursing research in dementia care....
Karen Jarvis describes how collage work can have a creative impact. Author/s: Karen Jarvis For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....