Penny Hibberd and colleagues describe the background to family-centred care and discuss how this approach can help people with dementia to maintain family relationships in a familiar environment with the people they know best Author/s: Penny Hibberd For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...
Lesley Benham tells how people with dementia transformed a day hospital stairwell into a therapeutic haven Author/s: Lesley Benham For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Sandra Neil and Sladjana Ivanis describe how they sought the views of people with dementia attending a day centre in north west England, and highlight the implications Author/s: Sandra Neil, Sladjana Ivanis For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Mike Fox explains the challenges, but also the potential, of counselling for people with dementia who also have alcohol problems Author/s: Mike Fox For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In this fifth case study demonstrating the support model used by the Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service, Ann Scott and Tania Hutchinson describe their work with staff caring for an elderly man whose agitated behaviour in the evenings caused problems for them and for other residents Author/s: Ann Scott, Tania Hutchinson For the full article please...
Kate Allan and John Killick report from Hammond Care’s 7th international conference in Sydney, Australia Author/s: Kate Allan, John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
Stuart Wood reports on new training from the Barchester Nordoff-Robbins Initiative Author/s: Stuart Wood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the first of a new series on medication for people with dementia, Amanda Thompsell and Barbara Jesson discuss the problems that can arise with drugs prescribed for people with dementia, and ways of avoiding these Author/s: Amanda Thompsell, Barbara Jesson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...
Alan Jacques interviews Jim Jackson, and Mary Marshall adds an appreciation Author/s: Alan Jacques, Mary Marshall For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....
In the first of two articles, Kate Allan introduces the ideas of ‘positive psychology’ and explains how it can help in our work with people with dementia Author/s: Kate Allan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....