Beginning our clinical series, Dr Robert Tobiansky defines dementia, and describes what happens to the brain and how this affects emotions and behaviour in Alzheimer’s disease. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
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....
At the Grange Day Centre, Monkwearmouth Hospital, Sunderland, groups are formed and activities decided according to the skills and needs of individual clients. Sue Benson visited the unit. 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....
How can nurses develop their practice in dementia care? Abigail Masterson surveys a range of roles for the future. Author/s: Abigail Masterson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Every one of us needs to be understood, but for people with dementia the need is desperate and urgent, writes Tom Kitwood. Author/s: Tom Kitwood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Should people with dementia live alongside older people who are not confused, or in a specialist home? Steve Goodwin discusses the issues. Author/s: Steve Goodwin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Nancy Burgoyne shares her experience of planning a successful and stimulating programme of activities. Author/s: Nancy Burgoyne For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Palliative therapies are likely to precede disease-modifying agents by years or decades, but these earlydrugs will provide the tools for future medical research, writes Professor Peter Stonier. Author/s: Peter Stonier For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent at Canterbury is studying a case management system of providing care at home to people with dementia. Sue Benson met the researchers involved. Author/s: Sue Benson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is…...
A research area reviewed and analysed, by Jeff Garland. Author/s: Jeff Garland For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....