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The effectiveness of the Talking Mats framework in helping people with dementia to express their views on well-being
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 9(4), November 2010, pp.454-472.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Thirty one people at different stages of dementia were interviewed them about their well-being using Talking Mats, a low-tech communication framework, and usual communication methods. The communication effectiveness of each method was compared. Findings revealed that the Talking Mats framework was associated with better communication at all stages of dementia when compared to usual communication methods. Better communication effectiveness was evident in the participants’ understanding, engagement, keeping on-track and ability to make their views understood. There was also less repetitive behaviour and less distractibility when using the Talking Mats framework. The authors conclude that the Talking Mats framework can play an important role in improving communication by providing an accessible, low cost tool which family and staff can use with people with dementia to help them express their views.
Communication and dementia: how effective is the Talking Mats approach?
- Authors:
- COX Sylvia, MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 16(3), May 2008, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article gives the background and sets out key findings of a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The study examined the effectiveness of Talking Matts, a low-technology communication framework to help people with dementia to express themselves, compared to other communication methods. Participants were recruited through dementia service providers and residential care homes in central Scotland. Results found that Talking Mats enabled people with moderate and late stage dementia to communicate their views more readily than either ordinary or structured conversation. The framework appeared to offer a valuable resource to people with dementia, family carers and care practitioners.
The assessment of pain in older people
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pain is under-recognised and under-treated in older people, and the assessment of pain is particularly challenging in the presence of severe cognitive impairments, communication difficulties or language and cultural barriers. This guidance sets out the key components of assessing pain in older people, together with a range of practical scales that can be used with different groups, including those with cognitive or communication impairment. It aims to provide professionals with a set of practical skills to assess pain as the first step towards its effective management. It describes the background and methodology used, key components of an assessment of pain, and types of scale used to assess pain. It also provides a summary of recommendations in the full guidelines covering: pain awareness, pain enquiry, pain description, pain location and intensity, communication, assessment in people with impaired cognition/communication, cause of pain, and re-evaluation. It notes that the basic guidelines should be a routine part of the training and care provision of all healthcare professionals. The appendices include the guideline development process, an algorithm for the assessment of pain in older people, a pain map, and examples of pain scales.
Supporting people to keep in touch when care homes are not accepting visitors
- Author:
- CARE INSPECTORATE
- Publisher:
- Care Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
The guide looks at different types of technology - such as mobile phones and video conferencing calls - and how they can enable residents to keep in touch with their families and friends when care homes are not accepting visitors, for example during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The appendix lists examples of different products. (Edited publisher abstract)
How being appreciative creates change: theory in practice from health and social care in Scotland
- Authors:
- SHARP Cathy, et al
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 45
This paper develops understanding of appreciative action research that generates curiosity and motivation as a better platform for collaborative change. Blending theory and practice it draws on the example of the My Home Life leadership programme in Scotland that explores the concepts and approaches of 'Caring Conversations' and 'playful provocation' in care homes for older people. The paper shows how they expand notions of appreciation and help people to deepen inquiry, explore values, acknowledge and express emotion without dispute or judgement, articulate tacit knowledge and give voice to things previously thought to be 'unsayable'. The authors explore how these generative approaches act as a powerful positive ‘disruption’ that brings existing relationships to life, supports a positive attitude to risk-taking and helps to devise new approaches to the local design and testing of approaches to problems. Ultimately these approaches play an important part in developing understanding of how to do appreciative action research to enhance relationships and more strengths or assets-based and collaborative ways of working and so, to develop new possibilities for changing social systems and a more future-making orientation to action research. The paper is the text of an article submitted to the Action Research Journal. (Edited publisher abstract)
Talking mats: a model of communication training
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, ALEXANDER Jean, McLINTON Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 24(5), 2016, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Talking Mats is an interactive communication resource which was devised by NHS speech and language therapists in a series of research projects at Stirling University. The authors explain how it works and why it is a valuable tool. They use an example of training they were commissioned to do in a long stay hospital in Glasgow, where patients were mainly older people with dementia who often found it difficult to communicate their needs and wishes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Communicating with people with dementia: S/NVQ unit HSC369: candidate guide
- Author:
- MCALLAN William
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This guide is written for care workers who are undertaking their S/NVQ qualification or are engaged in continuous professional development. It provides a knowledge base for S/NVQ unit HSC369 ‘Support individuals with specific communication needs’ and links with The Dementia Services Development Centre’s study guide Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia.
National care standards: hospice care
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the national care standards for hospice care in Scotland. Contents: before using the support service, standards one to four; having confidence in your service, standards five to ten; getting the most out of life standards eleven to nineteen.
National care standards: care homes for older people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the national care standards for care homes in Scotland. Contents: before using the support service, standards one to six; settling in, standards seven to eleven; day to day life, standards twelve to nineteen; moving on, standard twenty.
Meaningful social interactions between older people in institutional care settings
- Authors:
- HUBBARD Gill, TESTER Susan, DOWNS Murna G.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 23(1), January 2003, pp.99-114.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article focuses on two areas that have been neglected in research: the reasons for and types of social interaction in institutional settings, and the ways in which the context of people's lives shapes social interaction. The paper draws on ethnographic observations conducted in four care settings in Scotland using a symbolic interactionist perspective. It finds that residents communicate and interact, and that the personal, cultural and structural contexts frame social interaction and influence the ways that residents use humour, express sexuality, and show hostility. The paper concludes that residents create social interactions in which action is embedded, but do so within specific structural and cultural contexts. These contexts 'control' resident action by establishing frameworks for the interpretation of meaning. At the same time, each facet of context is 'controlled' by the ways in which residents actively take on the 'role' of others, and project 'self' and a 'label'.