In this second case study demonstrating the support model used by Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service, Elizabeth Kennedy and Lorna Mackenzie describe what they helped care staff to discover about Thomas, and how this improved his care Author/s: Elizabeth Kennedy, Lorna Mackenzie For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...
Garuth Chalfont discusses the benefits to people with dementia of everyday contact with gardens and the natural world, and gives guidance on how care homes can make engaging with nature a normal, regular aspect of daily life Author/s: Garuth Chalfont For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full...
Jill Manthorpe and Steve Iliffe put forward some radical suggestions for the new national dementia strategy Author/s: Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Suzanne Wightman, Ruth Endicott and Tony Cooper share the results of their hospital team’s efforts to implement Standard 4 of the National Service Framework Author/s: Suzanne Wightman, Ruth Endicott, Tony Cooper For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the second of three articles, Ian Morton looks at how psychoanalytical concepts of anxiety and defence might help our understanding of the distress and disturbance that some individuals experience in dementia For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Mike Bender adds some reflections to the ongoing debate about lying to people with dementia Author/s: Mike Bender For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Nina Evans, Roger Orpwood, Tim Adlam, James Chadd and David Self report on their study to evaluate a ‘smart flat’ with enabling technology for a gentleman with dementia Author/s: Nina Evans, Roger Orpwood, Tim Adlam, James Chadd, David Self For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC...
Sally Mendham describes carer information groups developed and run by Stockport Dementia Care Training, and the research undertaken to evaluate their effects Author/s: Sally Mendham For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Jean Georges and Dianne Gove present Alzheimer Europe’s newly drafted position on the disclosure of the diagnosis to people with dementia and carers Author/s: Jean Georges, Dianne Gove For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Rachael Litherland describes work carried out within the Living with Dementia programme at the Alzheimer’s Society between 2001 and 2005 to develop accessible information products for people with dementia Author/s: Rachael Litherland For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....