News & Resources
Upcoming Events
International Dementia Trainer Series
Next Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Workshop 2012 (date tbc)
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Dementia Care Matters Diploma Course
Person-Centred Dementia Care
In association with Jackie O’Toole, Dementia Training Ireland,
Dublin, Nov 2011 - Nov 2012
Venue: Centre for Learning, St James’s Hospital, Dublin.
Download information leaflet & booking form here
For further information and to book, contact Dementia Care Matters, 29 Bloomsbury Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1DB. Tel: 00 44 1273 242335. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.dementiacarematters.com. Discounts available for group bookings.
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Talking Mats
Dublin Training Monday 30th January 2012
Venue: Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups Main Offices, Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.
Talking Mats is a visual framework which uses picture symbols to help people with communication difficulties. It has the potential for use with a wide range of people and is an approach which helps them think about issues and provides them with a way of expressing their views more easily.
For more details, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and to find out more, visit www.talkingmats.com
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Hand Massage Course
Date: 28th January 2012
Venue: Loreto College, Grange Manor, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
Ta Ireland is holding a one day hand massage course on January 28th at the Loreto College Grange Manor, Rathfarnham, Dublin.Details of this wonderful day which is at an amazing special offer please view the attachment here.
For further information and to book your place, please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Books & Journals of Interest
The Journal of Dementia Care
Essential reading for all those working with people with dementia
The Journal of Dementia Care launched in 1993, at the forefront of a modern approach to care for people with dementia. It is a multi-disciplinary, bi-monthly journal aimed at all professionals working with people with dementia. It recognises that professional carers working with people with dementia have their own special demands which deserve a specialist publication.
The Journal of Dementia Care has the following aims:
- To provide a strong editorial commitment to improving the quality of care provided for people with dementia in hospitals, residential and nursing homes, daycare and homecare settings.
- To raise the profile of all professionals working in this specialist field.
- To present the ideas and opinions of professionals working with people with dementia.
- To emphasise the value and importance of training and staff development to achieve high quality care.
To subscribe, please visit http://www.careinfo.org/journal-of-dementia-care.php
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The Activity Programme Assistant.
A step by step guide offering detailed instruction for a wide variety of activities, specifically aimed at activity within care home settings. It is produced by Elaine Crowley, an Activity Co-ordinator in a Dublin nursing home. Elaine has ten years’ experience as an Activity Instructor, specialising in activity within the care home setting for the past three.
Cost: €50 plus p&p.
How to buy it: Online at www.elainecrowley.ie or call Elaine at 087 2618488.
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A Touch of Simplicity
A beautifully presented collection of poems covering a diverse range of everyday topics from human behaviour and simple pleasures to love and nature. The author, Genevieve Farrell, believes it will be of special interest and value to older people.
Cost: €12.95 plus p&p
To buy it: Call Genevieve Farrell at 087 997 2868
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12 Lives - A Baker's Dozen
“This book is a compilation of 13 unique short stories about the residents and clients of Kylemore House Nursing Home and Day Care Centre. The stories capture the tragedy, sadness, laughter, expressions, attitudes and the place of women in society during their lifetimes. Listening to their stories gave us the gift of compassion and understanding for the people we nurse and care for each day.” Ruth Behan, Proprietor, Kylemore House Nursing Home and Day Care Centre, Sidmonton Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
How to buy it:
Contact Ruth Behan via email:
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I'm Still Here - John Zeisel
John Zeisel is an innovator in the non-pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer’s. He shows how it’s possible to connect with those living with Alzheimer’s by engaging abilities that don’t diminish over time, such as understanding music, art, facial expressions, touch and the deep need we all have to care for others. In I’m Still Here Zeisel outlines his groundbreaking approach and demonstrates how we can offer people with dementia a better quality of life and a connection to other and the world.
Price: £9.99
How to buy it: I’m Still Here is available to buy online through www.littlebrown.co.uk