Living Beyond Dementia – an interview with Kate Swaffer
Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In her book, she offers an…
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Music therapy and dementia care – it’s now time to win friends and influence people
Shibley Rahman completed his PhD in frontotemporal dementia at Cambridge University, commencing a lifelong interest in the timely diagnosis of dementia. In this article he argues for…
There is an alternative if you want people to live better with dementia
Shibley Rahman completed his PhD in frontotemporal dementia at Cambridge University, commencing a lifelong interest in the timely diagnosis of dementia. In this article he explores some…
Delivering personalisation in health and social care – An interview with Helen Sanderson and Jaimee Lewis
“Person-centred thinking and planning helps people think about all the resources available to them, and then helps them and the people who support them use those resources to their full effect. It makes every penny of funds they receive – either from public or private sources – stretch so much further. When money is tight, it is even more important to use resources as effectively as possible. And what better resource is there than what a person (or those close to them) believes is important to them and works well for them and what they want for their lives? We can’t afford not to listen to people well and to act on this information.”