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Not "them and us": simply us!: trainer's pack
- Authors:
- ARCHIBALD Carole, MURPHY Charlie
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This Training Pack is in response to many requests for training material on activities for people with dementia. The training pack helps staff to look at the why, how and what of activities. The pack has many applications but it is primarily aimed at managers and co-ordinators who train staff in their place of work. The pack helps staff to develop and improve their practice with regard to activities.
Never too late to fall in love
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(5), September 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Discusses a framework for appropriate action towards sexual expression by people with dementia.
Sexuality and dementia: a guide
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. School of Human Sciences. Department of Applied Social S
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 40p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Papers from workshops looking at sexuality in old age, and focusing in particular on older people with dementia.
Sex: is it a problem?
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(4), July 1994, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The expression of sexuality by older people with dementia is a problem for staff. Once this is openly acknowledged, a problem-solving approach is the next logical step.
Sex, drugs and prejudice
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 2(3), May 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Looks at attitudes past and present to sex and older people.
Resident sexual expression and the key worker relationship: an unspoken stress in residential care work?
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 13(1), 2001, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on the findings of an ethnographic study, untaken in one Scottish social work department's residential home. It is possible that these insights might help to inform practice and help in developing an understanding of some of the issues around for staff when residents express sexual feelings and intent. As in the 'No Secrets' document (Department of Health, 2000), the author highlights some of the difficulties that can be experienced in the role of keyworker.
REDS: re-evaluation of Dementia Sufferers Project: a community based multi-service project
- Authors:
- ARCHIBALD Carole, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. School of Human Sciences
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Looks at the evolution of the REDS project in Glasgow, which aimed to fill a large gap in the provision of services to people with dementia. Services provided by the project included day and home care and support group meetings.
People with dementia in acute hospitals: a practice guide for registered nurses
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
A guide written for nurses on acute wards who are treating patients with acute conditions who also have a form of dementia. There is a lack of knowledge and understanding about dementia within the acute sector, which this guide hopes to address.
People with dementia in acute hospitals: a practice guide for clinical support workers
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 68p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
People with dementia in acute hospitals have been a growing concern. The author has undertaken work in this area in West Lothian, Edinburgh and Falkirk. Action research with staff and documentation development has been part of the process. A literature review as part of our clinical series has been written and a practice guide for trained nurses is being compiled looking at issues when people with dementia area admitted to acute hospitals.
A movable feast: different examples of respite care provision for people with dementia and their carers
- Author:
- ARCHIBALD Carole
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This report emphasises the importance of respite in helping people to continue to care, but equally questions existing service provision and offers innovative service examples. What the report emphasises is that carers and people with dementia are a disparate group of people with different needs. Respite provision needs to be a 'movable feast' if it is to meet these needs.