Reviews and Commentaries

Read reviews, commentaries and opinion pieces on reports, publications and documentaries and issues around dementia.

Please note that the views expressed on this page are solely the views of the author(s) and not Dementia UK.

2011

Comments on Spiritual care at the end of life: a systematic review of the literature, By Margaret Holloway, Sue Adamson, Wilf Mc Sherry and John Swinton (DOH, January 2011)

Reviewed by Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK

Review of Difficult Conversations: Making it easier to talk to people with dementia about the end of life. Author: The National Council for Palliative Care (July 2011)

Reviewed by Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK West Midlands, and Dr Michael Tapley, Palliative Medicine Doctor, Willow Wood Hospice, Ashton under Lyne

Review of The last taboo. A guide to dementia, sexuality, intimacy and sexual behaviour in care homes. Author: The International Longevity Centre - UK (ILC - UK)

Reviewed by Professor Susan Mary Benbow, Professor of Mental Health & Ageing, Staffordshire University

Review of "How we treat the sick: Neglect and abuse in our health services", by Michael Mandelstam

Reviewed by Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK West Midlands

Older

Gerry Robinson and Dementia Care in Nursing Homes

By Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK West Midlands

'Counting the Cost'- Notes on a Report by the Alzheimer's Society

By Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK West Midlands

Review of 'When someone you love has dementia', by Susan Elliot-Wright

By Professor David Jolley, Dementia UK West Midlands