The Journal of Dementia Care publishes practical and theoretical articles to support those who work in the field of dementia care. The July/August edition features – Night and Day – a collaboration between Forum Interactive, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and a research team from the Universities of Stirling and Edinburgh. Night and Day shows how effective… Read more »
The ‘video diary’ is a useful device for exploring a person’s inner world on film. Here is an example of its use in “Anna’s Story” which is a film we made recently for NHS Education for Scotland. In this extract – scene 3 – Anna reveals her reactions, having received a diagnosis for her condition.… Read more »
NHS Education for Scotland have developed a training pack to help professionals (across health & social care) to develop self-care management for people with long term conditions. We created a short film – Anna’s Story – to accompany this pack. Anna’s Story focusses on one woman’s experience of receiving a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis and… Read more »
An organisation’s culture is sharply revealed in the way that its people talk to one another. Important work tasks are achieved through this talk: managing performance, project planning and review, identifying and managing errors, risk assessment and management. So the quality of interaction between people is a key indicator of performance. When an organisation improves… Read more »
“Let’s Talk About It” directly addresses issues that lie at the heart of the Scottish Government’s Better Together: Patient Experience Programme. Karen Barrie is the National Development Manager for this Programme. She writes: I wanted to thank you so much for sending me a copy of this resource. I was extremely impressed by the pdf I… Read more »