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  • Advance care planning in dementia - a difficult conversation?
    Karen Harrison Dening Mon, 19/02/2018 - 13:09

    There is much debate on when is the best time to offer advance care planning to people with dementia. I would say as soon as possible after the diagnosis of dementia is made.  Many professionals feel that getting people with dementia to start thin
  • Being present
    Janine Virdi
    Janine Virdi Fri, 02/02/2018 - 15:42

    As you might be aware my first blog looks at how Dance Movement Psychotherapy can be used as a therapeutic tool to help benefit individuals living with dementia.
  • Challenge Dementia: The Essex Challenge Prize
    Benjamin Mann
    Benjamin Mann Tue, 23/01/2018 - 16:26

    Do you want to make a lasting impact on the lives of 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK? Do you want the chance to win £100,000 by developing a solution to support this growing challenge?
  • Being one self, being yourself, being me! Dementia care and poetry
    Alessandro Bosco
    Alessandro Bosco Mon, 08/01/2018 - 10:55

    I have just started my second year of the PhD in dementia care, and as attendee of the Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) meetings at the IMH, I have frequently met with people with dementia and their family carers and talked with them about the
  • There's something about artists
    Justine Schneider
    Justine Schneider Thu, 04/01/2018 - 15:57

    Artists who work with people with dementia are an extraordinary group of people.  I’ve been privileged to observe a number of artists at work with people with dementia.
  • Dance and dementia
    Janine Virdi
    Janine Virdi Thu, 04/01/2018 - 15:27

    Dance Movement Psychotherapy was first founded by Marian Chace in the 1920s and is widely used within schools, the health sector, various charities and organisations. This type of therapy is catered for all ages from infancy to the elderly.
  • Midwinter Break
    Tom Dening
    Tom Dening Sun, 17/09/2017 - 17:20

    This novel, by Bernard MacLaverty, follows a retired couple through their weekend trip to Amsterdam.
  • May Alzheimer's / dementia increase perception and wisdom?
    Joe Sat, 16/09/2017 - 10:17

    The above question may seem strange to, supposedly, normal and clear minded, non-dementees. However, it is something that occurs to me this day.
  • Memory Boxes
    Anne de Gruchy Thu, 31/08/2017 - 10:42

    Following the ‘Cumulative Caring Crises’ that I posted about recently (blog post here: https://idea.nottingham.ac.uk/blogs/posts/cumulative-caring
  • Do What You Can While You Can
    Joe Wed, 30/08/2017 - 15:20

    The title of today's blog is not just a rallying cry to encourage fellow Dementers and their Carers to have as positive an approach to each day as possible.

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