At Christmas most families are looking forward to making memories. But what if you literally can’t?
At Christmas most families are looking forward to making memories. But what if you literally can’t? On Christmas Day 2016, the Jessops were just an…
Category: Elderly care
Supporting People Living with Dementia in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities
Why should anyone working in dementia care read this book? by David Truswell Worldwide it’s estimated that there are currently 50 million people living with…
Dementia care: writing about it and ‘doing it for real’
In this blog piece Dave Pulsford, co-author of the second edition of bestselling book Dementia – Support for Family and Friends, talks about what it…
Professional Boundaries: Protection or Barrier?
Nicola Kendall, author of Namaste Care for People Living with Advanced Dementia, discusses professional boundaries when providing health and social care services to vulnerable people.…
Making Hope Possible
Tom and Karen Brenner, the authors of the new book on dementia—THE MONTESSORI METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA, open up about how they…
Someone to Safeguard: How Safeguarding Can Go Wrong
An excerpt from Chapter 6 of Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science. ‘Find me somebody to love’, a lyric from the band Queen. A lyric which…
The use of technology in dementia care
Using Technology in Dementia Care: A Guide to Technology Solutions for Everyday Living, Edited by Professor Arlene Astell, Dr Sarah Kate Smith and Dr Phil…
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Sleep deeper and longer
This article has been adapted from Jackie Pool’s new book, Reducing the Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. It highlights the importance of good sleep…
Dementia: information is what we need
There are an estimated 850,000 people in the UK with dementia; one in five people over the age of 80 will have this condition. One…