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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…

The message of five a day is well recognised by both consumers and health professionals as one of the basics of healthy eating messages, so what should we make of…

How are they already involved? With our end of year returns almost complete, the new financial year brings a new challenge for Practices and we are facing tough times ahead.…

Working with people who communicate via often-extreme behaviours, a traditional approach was to seek out the cause of the behaviour by observing what happened immediately beforehand. The cause of the…

I am old enough and grey enough to be a ‘silver surfer’, this puts me in the age bracket of someone who still associates mice with furry animals that eat…

The “right to request flexible working”  extends  to all employees (with 26 weeks service) from 6th April 2014. Examples of flexible working are fewer days or hours, adjusted start or…

Positive changes The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has voted overwhelmingly to accept the negotiated agreement on changes to the GP contract for 2014-15, and believes that this package as…

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…