[su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Dr Kellyn Lee is visiting research fellow at the University of Southampton, project officer at NIHR ENRICH, LSE, and founder of WISER Health and Social Care Ltd. [/su_box] A plethora of dementia research has been conducted over the last two decades, but few studies have led to improvements in the…...
Bender, M. (2022) ‘Has Dementia a Future?’ Thoughts after John Killick’s article. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 11. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Mike Bender is a retired consultant clinical psychologist, who headed up a team providing psychological services to older people. He is the author of four books concerning helping people with dementia, the…...
Smith E (2022) Why Dementia Makes Communication Difficult: A Conversation with Alison Wray. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 12-13. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Emma Smith is project manager for Empowered Conversations, Age UK Salford. [/su_box] [su_box title=”Implications for practice” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] When somebody is living with a dementia, it makes it more difficult for…...
O’Hara M (2022) How one remarkable woman made a difference. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 14-15. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Michelle O’Hara is the National Dementia Cafe Network administrator at Engaging Dementia, a registered charity in Ireland providing training and resources for those who care for people with dementia in residential care, day centres,…...
Pool J (2022) How to support people living with dementia at a Planned level of ability. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 15-16. By Jackie Pool, QCS, Dementia Care Champion This final article in my series of four, explores how carers and activity providers can use the PAL Instrument to support individuals living with early dementia…....
Killick J (2022) Thirty years of poetry and dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 17-19. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] John Killick is a writer and poet. [/su_box] Poet and writer John Killick looks back on 30 years of writing poems with people with dementia, remembering some of the poems published in JDC and elsewhere, and anticipating his…...
Griffiths A, Devi R, Randle A, Duzniak M, Spilsbury K (2022) Translating evidence and enhancing quality: Addressing questions that matter for people living and working in care homes. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 20-23. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Alys Griffiths is a lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool, Reena Devi is…...
Frost F, Thompson T, Matthews K, White D, Latham I, Mumford S, Williamson T (2022) Covid in a care home: The experience and impact of Covid-19 and a home’s recovery from a staff perspective. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 24-29. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Faith Frost is research associate, Association for Dementia Studies, University…...
James I, Randall C, Reichelt K (2022) Thirty-six simple ways to de-escalate ‘behaviours that challenge’: Helping carers know what they already know by improving ‘Dementia Care Literacy’. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 29-33. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Ian Andrew James is consultant clinical psychologist, Charlotte Randall is clinical psychologist, and Katharina Reichelt is consultant…...
Hussain F (2022) Psychological self-care strategies for carers of people with dementia. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 34-36. [su_box title=”Author details” box_color=”#bbe4fa” title_color=”#000000″] Dr Feryad Hussain is a consultant clinical psychologist in the Clinical Health Psychology Service, North East London NHS Foundation Trust. [/su_box] Family carers sometimes feel trapped in their caring role with consequent…...