May/June 2000

  • Support group for teachers

    Email network: Those who teach dementia care practitioners have a responsibility and the power to raise standards of care, writes John Hagans, launching a new email support group. Author/s: John Hagans 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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  • A lifeline for carers in rural communities

    Scottish Highlands: Elizabeth Jones reports on a three-year project providing support to carers of people with dementia in remote, scattered communities in the Highlands of Scotland. Author/s: Elizabeth Jones 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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  • Helpful sites for sore eyes

    Internet: Lesley McKinnon explains how to avoid information overload on the internet and offers a painless guide to finding some useful dementia resources. Author/s: Lesley McKinnon 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 Lunch Club: making mealtimes special

    Milton Keynes: Vicki Dent reports on a simple but very effective change to a daily activity – mealtimes – which had welcome positive effects for residents and staff. Author/s: Vicki Dent 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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  • PC and non-PC

    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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  • Undiminished possibility: the arts in dementia care

    Kate Allan and John Killick discuss issues arising from the growing range of exciting and creative work now being undertaken using the arts in dementia care. Author/s: Kate Allan, John Killick 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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  • Does person-centred care exist?

    Is person-centred care an impossible pipe dream – unworkable in the real world of care, and worse, causing despair as staff feel they are falling short of the ideal? In this first of a series analysing the obstacles that stand in its way, Tracy Packer highlights the gap between ideal and reality. Author/s: Tracy Packer…...

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  • Developing a specialist role for nurses in dementia care

    Jan Dewing describes her work with the Royal College of Nursing in developing its dementia strategy, including a specialist role for nurses in dementia care. Author/s: Jan Dewing 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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  • Waiting to be heard – dementia and the gay community

    The views and experiences of lesbians and gay men with dementia, and their carers, are largely unrecognised, and it seems no one is taking responsibility either for investigating, or meeting, their needs, writes Richard Ward. Author/s: Richard Ward For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...

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  • 6: Understanding specific memory disorders

    Clare Morris explains the way memory is thought to work, how this information can help us in communicating, and how specific memory disorders can affect the person with dementia, in this sixth article of her series. Author/s: Clare Morris For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC…...

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