Psychotherapy and counselling approaches are being used increasingly with people with
dementia, but there has been little structured research into the effectiveness of such work.
This research reports findings from the evaluation of six, ten-week long psychotherapy
groups for people with dementia in the south of England. Measures of depression and
anxiety were taken independently of the clinical work at four time points: six weeks before
the group began, at the start of the group, at the end of the group and at follow-up after a gap …

BACKGROUND One of the most important developments in person-centred dementia care
over the last decade has been the growing awareness of the significance of the perspectives
of people with dementia (Woods, 2001). This shift in attention has focussed awareness on
the many profound changes and losses that people with dementia experience. One example
of this is the assessment process leading up to and immediately following a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia which is often carried out at a memory clinic …