Issue: November/December 2023

Reinventing a space for intergenerational use

Henshaw J (2023) Reinventing a space for intergenerational use. Journal of Dementia Care 31(6)25-26. A former day care centre next to Suffolk care home “the Dell” has been reinvented as an intergenerational space where care home residents socialise with tenants of Dell View, independent living for people with learning disabilities. Joy Henshaw shows how programme...

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Making a diagnosis of dementia using DiADeM (Diagnosing Advanced Dementia Mandate) in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley

Making a diagnosis of dementia using DiADeM (Diagnosing Advanced Dementia Mandate) in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley DiADeM is a tool for diagnosing advanced dementia when it is neither necessary nor appropriate to involve local memory services.  Mark Kitchingham and Kevin Tan describe a project to extend use of the tool from care homes to people’s...

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Turning a crisis into an opportunity: taking dementia training online

Pearce S (2023) Turning a crisis into an opportunity: taking dementia training online. Journal of Dementia Care 31(6)23-24. Lockdowns during Covid gave the charity Understanding Dementia a chance to rethink its approach to training. Interactive online courses now provide a cost-effective means of training family carers and professionals, turning a crisis into an opportunity, says...

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Education and Training in Dementia Care: A Person-centred Approach

Claire Surr, Sarah Jane Smith and Isabelle Latham, Open University Press, ISBN 9780335251124, £25.99 If you are involved in providing dementia education and training in any shape or form, this book is a “must read”.   The ambition to improve understanding of dementia and develop a skilled, confident and competent workforce has received much attention...

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Blogs I’m Watching

In Scotland the role of occupational therapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) in dementia care is taken seriously, perhaps more seriously than elsewhere in the UK.  The Alzheimer Scotland blog Let’s Talk about Dementia regularly carries stories from qualified and student OTs on their experiences and perceptions of dementia care while emphasising the crucial...

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Resources

Alzheimer’s Society has published advice on what to do if someone with dementia has apathy, a condition in which the individual apparently loses interest in doing things they used to enjoy.  In the advice, written by Clare Burgon, the Society says that apathy often goes unrecognised, even though it is common in most types of...

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