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Thanks for the memory
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.4.07, 2007, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on a scheme in West Yorkshire which is helping people with dementia recall their past and retain their identity. More than 60 people from two care homes and two day centers too part in the scheme which used memory boxes filled with mementos and memorabilia.
Creating a community-based memory clinic for older people
- Authors:
- GRIZZELL Moganeswari, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.07.06, 2006, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article describes the development of a multi-disciplinary, nurse-led memory clinic. The clinic has grown out of research activity to become an important component of a community service for older people with dementia and other mental health problems. A detailed analysis of the interaction between the clinic and the community mental health team, as practised in this model of care, is presented for consideration.
A kaleidoscope of culture
- Author:
- WILLSHAW Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(4), December 2005, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Kaleidoscope is an innovative creative communities programme for the over 55s in north Liverpool. It works with older residents to explore ideas about memory, place and identity in an area currently being transformed through regeneration and redevelopment. This article looks at the project and some of its positive outcomes.
School's in at the memory cafe
- Author:
- HALSE Georgina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 22(6), 2014, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Okehampton College's Memory Cafe is one of a number of groups supported by the charity Upstream Healthy Living Centres. The Cafe provides a space for people living with dementia and their carers to meet every month. This article reports on the development of the initiative and outlines some of the benefits and challenges. The group uses iPads in groups and one-to-one sessions as part of the memory work. The involvement of young people from the secondary school has added energy and enthusiasm to the sessions. (Original abstract)
All in the past
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Matters (e-Magazine), July 2013, pp.16-17. Online only
- Publisher:
- The College of Social Work
This article highlights the fact that there is growing evidence that reminiscence therapy can benefit people whose memory or cognitive abilities are failing. (Edited publisher abstract)
United through football
- Author:
- DOEG Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 20(6), November 2012, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The Football Reminiscence Project was set up by Michael White with the support of Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Football Museum in 2009. Michael had been giving talks to people in care homes and day centres about Falkirk Football Club, where he is club historian, for many years. While doing these talks he noticed how men with dementia would suddenly take notice and engage when he touched on a time that was significant to them. Today, Michael overseas more than 16 football reminiscence groups in venues across Scotland, including care homes and day centres, and also doing one-to-one sessions in people’s own homes. Photographs of players and football memorabilia, such as old programmes and match reports, are all helping to tap into memories that may have been locked away for many years and bring men with dementia out of themselves.
Working out at the memory gym
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 18(1), January 2010, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Using the example of groups for people with mild memory problems run by speech and language therapists in Portsmouth, this article reports on therapy for people with mild memory impairment. It describes how, after reviewing the therapy programme in 2006, the team identified three key factors to drive future service developments: a clear link between achieving improvement in function and mildness of memory impairment, an increasing health promotion and prevention agenda locally and nationally recognising the importance of good cognitive health, and an increase in referrals of people who were presenting with very mild memory impairments. A new form of memory group for people with very mild memory impairment was established, called the Memory Gym, using paper-based and computer-based exercises, and aiming to provide support and advice for people with very mild memory impairments, explore the use of cognitive exercises in a group setting, enable individuals to identify the most suitable memory strategies and cognitive exercises for their own use, enable individuals to develop lasting memory strategy use, and enable the development of resources and experience that could be used to promote cognitive exercise more widely in Portsmouth. The first three groups were evaluated using client reports and a client-completed evaluation form, with generally positive results.
Contented dementia: 24-hour wraparound care for lifelong well-being
- Author:
- JAMES Oliver
- Publisher:
- Vermilion
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 286p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines a new, practical method for managing dementia that will allow both the person with dementia and their carer to maintain a high quality of life throughout every stage of their illness. The SPECAL method (Specialised Early Care for Alzheimer's) described creates links between past memories and the routine activities of daily life in the present. The publication draws on real-life examples and is of relevance for carers, relatives and professionals.
Autominder: a case study of assistive technology for elders with cognitive impairment
- Author:
- POLLACK Martha E.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 30(2), Summer 2006, pp.67-69.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Autominder is an assistive technology system developed at the University of Michigan, United States, that aims to support people with cognitive impairment by providing them with flexible, adaptive, and personalized reminders about their daily activities. This article briefly describes Autominders's capabilities.
City memories: reminiscence as creative therapy
- Author:
- JOYCE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(4), December 2005, pp.34-41.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article describes and evaluates a recent innovative project in Liverpool involving a major national museums group in partnership with the housing action trust. 'City Memories' created opportunities for older people to take part in reminiscence activities at the museums and in a large extra care housing setting in the community. Training was provided for community leaders, care home managers and care workers in order to help them apply some of their ideas to their own work. The project looked at outcomes for older people who participated in terms of increased stimulus and sense of well-being, with a special focus on those with conditions such as stroke and dementia.