Dementia

In this blog I return to my structured series on the building blocks for excellence in dementia care. We began to introduce the necessity of good, adaptive design two editions…

Care homes took another shocking blow this week with the expose of a small number of individuals, acting independently, in a small number of care homes, shown by the BBC…

Most buildings are designed to meet a rather specific requirement of use. Care homes and hospitals are designed to fulfil an institutional purpose, a purpose which does not enrich life…

A programme of care for an individual living with dementia would have life history as need number one – this is your touchstone – know the persons linear history. What…

The most asked question from families of those living with an advanced dementia (and often the one they really want to ask) is ‘if Mam or Dad has this –…

Therapeutic interventions Interventions aimed at creating a consistent sense of identity You can help create a consistent sense of identity within the person living with a dementia by keeping the…

Interventions aimed at helping to establish emotional security You can help establish emotional security within the person living with a dementia by keeping the following in mind. I have provided…

Building blocks of a programme approach to therapeutic care design Working with the person not the disease is the holy grail of dementia care, working with families both now and…