Dementia Care Mapping: a look at its past, present and future

Dawn Brooker takes stock of Dementia Care Mapping – to what extent it has proven its success, and how it needs to be developed to continue its role in evaluating and improving person-centred care Author/s: Dawn Brooker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...

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A passport back to youth, strength and independence

Cornwall: Karen Daniel of the Queen’s Nursing Institute explains how Penny Smith’s hydrotherapy project, winner of the first Excellence in Dementia Care award, impressed the judges. Author/s: Karen Daniel 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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New partnerships

DASS Project: Nottingham: A DASS partnership conference is in the pipeline, says Jayne Lingard Author/s: Jayne Lingard 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 reality of daily life in the ‘city of peace’

Jerusalem, Israel: What happens to dementia services – and the people who use and run them – in a city ravaged by violence? Rakel Berenbaum reports Author/s: Rakel Berenbaum 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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Taking a step in the right direction

Dorset: Diane Beavis describes the first steps in setting up a Practice Development Unit with a mission: ‘To integrate teams within the elderly mental health service to provide excellent care for our clients’ Author/s: Diane Beavis For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available...

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International meeting comes to Barcelona

Spain: Alzheimer’s Disease International will hold its annual conference in Spain Author/s: rg/admin/jdcarticles-amend.pl 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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How our Parliament plays for time

Simon Denegri reminds Parliament that sloth is one of the seven deadly sins Author/s: Simon Denegri 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 Map to Show the Way

Editorial Comment Author/s: Tracy Packer 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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Experience-based approach to respite care training

Jane Jeffs and colleagues in Poole realised that the best way to train people is to help them experience for themselves the environment they are creating for service users. Here she explains how community and residential care workers came together for five days to do just that Author/s: Jane Jeffs For the full article please...

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Sharing problems through group psychotherapy

Kerry Jones, Richard Cheston and Jane Gilliard investigate how a problem shared can be a problem halved for people with dementia, through group meetings Author/s: Kerry Jones, Richard Cheston, Jane Gilliard 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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