Talking Sense: Living with sensory changes and dementia, written by Agnes Houston MBE with Dr Julie Christie, and published by HammondCare, is being launched on May 9 2019 at the inaugural International Conference on Palliative Dementia Care (ICPDC) at Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The impact of the moon and its phases has long fascinated the public. It was once widely believed that the moon’s cycles affected things as diverse as fertility, sleep patterns and even the stock market.
Dementia Choices aims to recognise and accredit well-designed products that make the aspects of everyday life more comfortable for people living with dementia.
Pain is a universal experience, yet it is entirely personal. Everyone’s experience of pain is unique, as is their way of describing it. Although pain affects a significant number of older people in care, it is often not recognised or effectively treated.