Dementia

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Dementia Development Centre at Stirling University has suggested 10 basic principles of design to aid persons with dementia cope in their living environment, but there has been guidance on…