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Dementia Care: Can the ‘arts’ prove successful as part of caring for someone living with a dementia? Part 3
July 11, 2014
Last week we looked at a theory, based in the biological realm, that suggests at certain ‘stages’ within the more destructive dementias, the person would indeed receive none too little…
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Dementia Care: Can the ‘arts’ prove successful as part of caring for someone living with a dementia? – Part 2
July 7, 2014
Last week we began to take a look at creative art, or higher arts, such as – classical music, painting, literature etc. When the areas of the brain designed to…
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Dementia Care: Can the ‘Arts’ Prove Successful as Part of Caring for Someone Living With a Dementia?
June 27, 2014
This week we begin to take a look at the controversy that arises when we discuss the creative art, and higher arts the great works of classical music, painting, literature…
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Dementia Care: Stress and Dementia – Consolidating Our Learning in Practice
June 23, 2014
Dementia acts as a stressor to the internal system of an affected individual by its alteration in perceptions of the external environment and therefore the individual’s reactions to it. External…
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Dementia Care: Stress and Dementia: A Balancing Act: Good and Bad Stress
June 13, 2014
We all think we know a little about stress. We have all been stressed and many of us will have experienced distress, but if you are reading this blog it…
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Dementia Care: The Little Known ‘Secret’ To Successful Care of Someone Living With a Dementia pt. 2
June 9, 2014
This week we take a second look at a concept introduced during the past series of blogs and pursued more deeply in last week’s blog. We have asked you to…
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Dementia Care: The Little Known ‘Secret’ To Successful Care of Someone Living With a Dementia
May 30, 2014
This week we take a look at a concept introduced during the past series of blogs, and which we have asked you to seriously consider: environmental pressure – in other…
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Dementia Care: The Three Tier Prosthetic Environment
May 23, 2014
To recap from last week’s blog and to summarise thoughts expressed over the last three environment specific blogs: If each area of the care environment is designed to compensate for…
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