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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.
Communication and dementia: how talking mats can help people with dementia to express themselves
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy M., COX Sylvia
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
An assessment of Talking Mats, a low-tech communication tool, as a way of helping people at different stages of dementia to express their views. As dementia progresses, communication deteriorates and it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure that the person’s views are heard. This study involved 31 people who were each interviewed about their well-being using both Talking Mats – a system of simple picture symbols – and usual communication methods.
Seeking the views of people with dementia on services in rural areas
- Authors:
- INNES Anthea, SHERLOCK Kirsty, COX Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 11(5), September 2003, pp.37-38.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on research which sought views of people with dementia themselves on provision of services for them in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 17 people with dementia. The study found that people with dementia were willing and able to give evaluations of the services they received. Highlights that services could be further developed by consulting with people with dementia themselves.
Current and future trends in the development of dementia services
- Authors:
- MARSHALL Mary, COX Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(1), March 1998, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses how a powerful alliance of users and carers, many clinicians and practitioners, politicians, academics and policy makers is committed to the cause of improving the quality of life for people with dementia and those who care for them.
Home solutions: housing and support for people with dementia
- Author:
- COX Sylvia
- Publisher:
- Housing Associations Charitable Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 112p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aiming to demonstrate that housing is a relevant and crucial issue for people with dementia and that positive developments are taking place in meeting the housing and support needs of this user group. Presents descriptive and factual information, and examples of good practice, using case studies of ten housing with support schemes. Also includes a section on repair, remodelling, adaptation and remodelling the houses of people with dementia to enable them to stay in ordinary homes in the community. Concludes with a section on key themes drawn from the case studies.
Exploring creative responses in housing and support
- Authors:
- COX Sylvia, MINTER Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 7(2), March 1999, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
To plan the kind of housing and support that enable people with dementia to live in the community, good quality information is required. Reports on a review which aimed to discover what people with dementia need and how it can be provided, through case studies of successful solutions.
Teams, multidisciplinary and interprofessional working and dementia
- Editors:
- SHEARD David, COX Sylvia
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Provision of services for people with dementia and their carers requires significant coordination of diagnosis, assessment of needs, care planning and ongoing support from social services and housing departments. Teamwork is seen as the solution to failures in interagency coordination of care. This report identifies some key issues from the field and provides details of several examples of dementia teams.
A guide to early onset dementia
- Authors:
- COX Sylvia, MCLENNAN Jane
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 51p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This report both reviews the literature and covers a range of issues including planning and community care. Contents include: diagnosis of early onset; planning services; needs of the person with dementia; needs of the carer; implications of the community care legislation for people with early onset of dementia; a framework for service provision and intervention.