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Light at the end of the tunnel
- Authors:
- WAYLAND Kerrie, COSGROVE Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(6), November 2002, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes a creative communication project with people with dementia.
Technology and technophobia
- Author:
- MARSHALL Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(5), September 2002, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Looks at why technology is so rarely included as part of care plans for people with dementia. The article defines technology, and provides examples of some of the uses of technology for people with dementia.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.3.02, 2002, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at several pieces of dementia, each pointing to the need to listen to the views of dementia sufferers.
A country where dementia has come in from the cold
- Author:
- LINDSAY Margot
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on services for people with dementia in Norway.
How to get past the tip of the tongue
- Author:
- SURR Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Difficulties with remembering things can be a source of frustration to people with dementia and a challenge to their carers. Reports on a research project to improve channels of communication and enable people's voices to be heard.
Back to the real sensory world our 'care' has taken away
- Author:
- MACDONALD Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, pp.33-36.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reflects on research into the effects of multisensory stimulation. Argues that care environments and practices have developed in a way that excludes people with dementia from the pleasurable sensory experiment to compensate for this deprivation, the author argues we should try to bring so me normal experiences back.
People with dementia reveal their views of homecare
- Author:
- HEISER Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
As part of a 'best value' review, a day centre in west London recently invited people with dementia to contribute their views of the home care services they use. Reports on how the team conducted the review, and what the service users said.
Conference proceedings: towards care management in Ireland: from the National Conference on Care Management in Health and Social Services for Older People, 21 November 2001, Dun Laoghaire
- Editors:
- QUILL Sinead, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- National Council on Ageing and Older People
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
The Conference provided an opportunity to promote the benefits of Care Management in the context of a strategy for the provision of a continuum of care for older people. It also provided an opportunity to formulate good Care Management practices through the exchange of information on Care Management experiences, both nationally and internationally. The development of a draft Care Management Implementation Framework was also considered by participants.
The subtle art of understanding
- Authors:
- BRAGANZA Kay, CLEGG David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(6), November 2002, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on a pilot project which uses art to help people with dementia express themselves. The sessions are client-led, one-to-one and based on intensive sessions undertaken in the clients own home. Provides two case studies highlighting the outcomes from the project.
More than carpets and chintz
- Author:
- CALKINS Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(6), November 2002, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Discusses the ways in which the physical environment can help a care home setting feel more like home.