Making Changes Happen

in dementia care

THE ENVIRONMENT

Professor June Andrews

What is the Stirling DSDC?

• Independent and authoritative

• Been working in dementia for 25 years

• Work all over the world

• Called in when people are in trouble

• Non-profit and supported by charity

• Based on research evidence

• Highly experienced teams

The “leaf model” – what keeps people with dementia

above the line?

Mild

dependency

Extreme

dependency

Consider the impairment

• to remember

• to work things out

• to learn

• to deal with the normal changes of aging

• increase in stress

• other’s responses to the impairments

Behavioural problems of greatest concern

• Agitation and anxiety

• Aggression

• Depression

• Hallucination

• Sleeplessness

• Wandering

Rainbow pack of useful books

Extrapolate from sensory and physical

impairment

• The yellow goggles

• The soap and bath plug

• The smell and taste of food

• Sleeping and wandering

• Learning to read and play the piano

Stop doing pointless things

• Continence

• Aggression

• Unwanted exiting

• Medication

• Communication

Virtual dementia friendly hospital

On line resources

Dame Judi Dench with some of our staff and

students

Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling,

FK9 4LA Tel. 01786 467740

Email: dementia@stir.ac.uk

Web: www.dementia.stir.ac.uk