Residential care for people living with dementia

Managing dementia complexities
Just adding nursing home staff won’t ensure quality dementia care

“Our findings highlight the fact that high-quality care involves not only increased staffing, but also specialized training in practices proven to be effective in managing the complexities of this condition, as well as providing a secure environment and maintaining staff consistency,” Mukamel says. “Further research is required to identify specific areas [...]

Heroes in the truest sense
2023 Change Catalysts: Honoring Kate Swaffer & Linda Steele – Visionaries Behind the Dementia Justice Report

The report found many common beliefs amongst all stakeholders about the need for reparations. This includes recognition of the human rights abuses faced by people living with dementia and support for concrete steps to address these issues.   Behind every impactful report is a team of dedicated individuals, and in [...]

A call to action in 2024
2023 Breaking News: Unveiling the Critical Dementia Justice Report

Linda and Kate's work was published in The Health and Human Rights Journal at Harvard University in December 2022. The article which follows is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction. Reparations for [...]

Moving forward in 2024
2023 Breaking News: The Dementia Justice Report – Research headline news of the year

It's not about moving on. It's about moving forward  -  by shedding light on dementia care realities in 2023. Authors: Linda Steele, PhD, and Kate Swaffer, PhD candidate 2023 Breaking News:  The research report, "Reparations for people with dementia in aged care," 🎉 has arrived, unveiling a sobering look at dementia [...]

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