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In search of the forgotten older people of Africa
- Author:
- TONGE Constance
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(6), November 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on the Pangolin Project which plans to bring some help and support to older people with dementia and their carers in Tanzania, where virtually no services. exist.
Validation: exploring beyond the person we see
- Author:
- PITKIN Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(3), May 2004, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Looks at the validation method which can help gain a fuller understanding of the experience of an older person with dementia.
Developing mental health services for older people in Wales: a follow-up to Losing Time
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION IN WALES
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission in Wales
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Mental health problems are common among older people, and more people are living to old age. An estimated 41,000 people living in Wales have dementia, and depression is more common among older people than in any other age group. This report provides a review of progress in the development of mental health services for older people in Wales during the two years since the publication of 'Losing Time – Developing Mental Health Services for Older People in Wales'. It examines each of the areas considered in the original report and, based on recent work carried out across Wales, draws conclusions about the extent to which services have moved forward. It has been written to provide a stocktake for the Welsh Assembly Government and local agencies to help them to prioritise actions and investment.
Projects in partnership
- Author:
- SCHWEITZER Pam
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(5), September 2004, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes recent and forthcoming projects from the European Reminiscence Network, an association of practitioners from 14 countries. Making Memories Matter, involving 6 countries, creates Life Portrait Boxes making a statement for and by an older person. A Spanish project, Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today, is aimed at families coping with dementia, focusing on intact memory and remaining skills rather than deficits and the downward trajectory of skills. The PHARE project trains psychologists, nurses and home care organisers from 5 Romanian cities in reminiscence work.
Be honest with me
- Author:
- PEARL Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.8.04, 2004, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports how people with dementia are not consistently given their diagnosis or the information and support they need afterwards. Looks at the benefits knowing the diagnosis can have for patients and carers in decision-making, planning and quality of life. Also reports on a good practice model at the Dementia Advice and Support Service (DASS) in Nottingham. The service provides support and information after diagnosis and had involved staff and service users in high-quality dementia service development.
Travelling in, travelling out: stories in late stage dementia
- Author:
- REINSTEIN Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(4), July 2004, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Offers a personal account of using storytelling techniques from dramatherapy with two women in the later stages of dementia.
Rehabilitation for people with dementia
- Author:
- MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(3), May 2004, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
There is growing acknowledgement of the benefits that rehabilitation can bring to people with dementia. Draws out key requirements for service development and pointers for practice identified from the research base.
Coma work: a new approach to withdrawn states
- Author:
- LIDZEY Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(3), May 2004, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes work developed in the fields of head injury and palliative care in the USA, which has profound relevance to care for all people in withdrawn states, such as the last stages of dementia.
The role of the 'trusted stranger' in DCM feedback
- Author:
- MULLER-HERGI Christian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 12(2), March 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Outlines some of the challenges about the feedback process in Dementia Care Mapping, and provides information on developments in Germany.
Technology in cognitive rehabilitation
- Editors:
- GREGOR Peter, NEWELL Alan, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 256p.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Communication and Information Technology has been used to support older and disabled people for over thirty years and there have been many successes in this field. Until recently, research has largely concentrated on people with physical or sensory dysfunction; computer technology has been increasingly used to support cognitive activities in able bodied people but its use to support people with disabilities has not had much widespread recognition. Yet well-designed C and IT systems have great potential to enhance the quality of life and independence of people with cognitive dysfunction, by: enabling them to retain a higher level of independence and control over their lives, providing appropriate levels of monitoring and supervision of 'at risk' people, without violating privacy, keeping people intellectually and physically active, and providing communications methods to reduce social isolation. This book recognises the potential of information technology to provide support for people with cognitive dysfunction, including the use of computers to provide traditional prostheses, albeit within the cognitive domain. The selection of papers in this issue shows that the help and support available can be far more than the 'artificial replacement of part of the body' (the literal definition of prosthesis) and can include techniques to provide lifestyle support for people who would not be thought of as requiring 'prosthetic support'.