Alternative Route
Editorial Comment Author/s: Jill Manthorpe 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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Crucial impact of the world surrounding care
In this fourth of five articles on developing a benchmarking tool for person-centred care, Caroline Baker, Paul Edwards and Tracy Packer describe the last two factors: carer involvement and organisational strategy. Author/s: Caroline Baker, Paul Edwards, Tracy Packer For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive…...
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Spinning a yarn to weave the arts into care
Kevin Wood describes a creative partnership in south wales between a service for older people with dementia and the local arts development team Author/s: Kevin Wood 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 cognitive perspective on training in care homes
Training which looks at care assistants and their work with people with dementia from a cognitive perspective – the way thoughts and images are influenced by mood and vice versa – can be extremely helpful, say Ian James, Ian Powell and Katherine Kendell in this first of two articles Author/s: Ian James, Ian Powell, Katherine…...
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Key factors that can make specialist homecare work
In response to a recent article, Brenda Walker discusses a particular structure she has found to be very successful for providing specialist homecare services for people with dementia Author/s: Brenda Walker 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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Complementary therapies in dementia care
Anne Wiles and Dawn Brooker report on a survey which aimed to discover the extent to which complementary therapies are being used with people with dementia, and whether they have been found to be effective Author/s: Anne Wiles, Dawn Brooker For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full…...
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Falling off the table
Simon Denegri describes his recent game of musical chairs with the Department of Health 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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The lost art of communication
Andrew Benn presents a disturbing personal account of how the ‘old culture’ of dementia care is still with us Author/s: Andrew Benn 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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Holding a religious service for older people with dementia
Surrey: Patricia Higgins looks at how holding a religious ceremony can enrich life and well-being for people with dementia Author/s: Patricia Higgins 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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When to forget is to remember
Newcastle: Julian Hughes and Ashley McCormick offer an insight into how art and science can work together in dementia care Author/s: Julian Hughes, Ashley McCormick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....