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Old before their time
- Author:
- ROARTY Evlynne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When dementia strikes the young, its devastating effects are often more acutely felt than when it afflicts elderly people. The author examines the added burden.
Putting your house in order
- Author:
- KILLEEN Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Early diagnosis of dementia means that sufferers and their friends and family have the chance to prepare themselves for the future. Looks at the difference this can make.
Mapping a better life
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.3.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at new approaches to dementia care which involve care mapping and using activities to help people with dementia to maintain their emotional lives and improve their well being.
Promoting mobility for people with dementia: a problem-solving approach
- Author:
- ODDY Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 143p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers a common sense approach to working with older people with dementia who need to be encouraged to move, either with or without help, if they are to remain mobile.
Bathing people with dementia: the bathroom and beyond
- Author:
- JENKINS Deirdre A.L.
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This publication, written for front line staff in long term care settings, provides a insight about the issues which arise in helping people with dementia bathe. Easy to read, with humour, it can help caregivers to make bathing a positive experience for patients with dementia.
Natural history of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias: review of the literature in the light of the findings from the Kungsholmen Project
- Authors:
- AGUERO-TORRES Hedda, FRATIGLIONI Laura, WINBLAD Bengt
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(11), November 1998, pp.755-766.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The elderly population is increasing more than any other sector of the population. Dementia increases disability, morbidity and mortality among older people. For these reasons the possibility of predicting progression and prognosis has enormous importance. This article summarises the main findings from the Kungsholmen Project a longitudinal epidemiological study on dementia that started
Learning a new language
- Author:
- BURNINGHAM Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Alzheimers Disease Society Newsletter, July 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Alzheimers Disease Society
The author talks to writer and poet John Killick about the art of listening to someone with dementia.
Memory clinics: a review
- Author:
- LAIDLAW Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 8(2), June 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Reviews the role of these clinics and provides a digest of information provided by published studies on the issues of diagnoses achieved.
Home from home by the fireside
- Author:
- MITCHELL Rosas
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(2), March 1998, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes how home day care for older people with dementia in Falkirk is organised, and the benefits it brings for all involved.
Taking liberties
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Discusses the importance of advocacy for older people with mental health problems, including the crucial role it can play for those diagnosed with dementia.