June 21, 2018 no comments as part of our strategic partnership with alzheimers society, saif is pleased to share this film, in which a dementia friends champion uses a bookcase analogy to describe how dementia may affect a person. Regardless of which type is diagnosed, each person will experience their dementia in their own unique way. For right now, lets imagine a 70year old woman who has dementia and has a full bookcase beside her. If you have concerns about alzheimers disease or about any other form of dementia, please contact the alzheimers society national dementia. But for many, this analogy is surprisingly accurate. It gives you a real feel for some of the changes people with dementia are going through and explains. In this film natalie rodriguez, dementia friends champion, uses a bookcase analogy to describe how dementia may affect a person. Gemma jones dementia care good to know film adaptation the unit t shirts for women counselling friends bookcase.
Anyone can be a dementia friend we all have a part to play in creating dementia friendly communities. Dementia friends champion natalie talks through the bookcase analogy. Spck assemblies building a dementiafriendly community. Harlow womans dementia video is watched more than 14,000. I love the campaign as it goes some way into providing basic information about dementia for the general.
The dementia friends bookcase analogy is a simple explanation to describe how dementia may affect a persons brain. Dementia friends is the biggest ever initiative to transform how the nation thinks, acts and talks about dementia. Dementia friendly signage, wall murals, wallpaper and door wraps. Bookshelf analogy helps explain what happens to someone. The goal is to help everyone in a community understand five key messages about dementia, how it affects people, and how we each can make a difference in the lives of people living with the disease. Aimee packwood, alzheimers society dementia friends officer, said that ms harveys video is a snapshot of the charitys dementia friends information session. Dementia friends informational sessions will be held at 1 p. Dementia in this case alzheimers, because dementia is just an umbrella term starts to rock that bookcase. They fit in beautifully with the dementia friends video called the bookcase analogy, alzheimers society bookcase analogy on you tube where the relationship in the brain between the hippocampus where memories are formed and the amygdala where feelings are stored is explained and how although the person living with dementia may not. That drafting of the dementia friends analogy is correct. An explanation for sporting memories can be found in the.
Our products help to make life with dementia easier, presenting a more comfortable environment for patients, helping them to. There are already millions of dementia friends in england and wales. One person may be affected in a different area of the brain than another person, which may cause entirely different symptoms, and along with that come different struggles. Bookcase analogy prestatyn dementia friendly community. Captivating natural remedies for chest congestion relief ideas. It also affects motor skills, sequencing, loss of inhibition, judging distance, perception. The details you enter below will allow us to keep track of the number people watching these videos and becoming dementia friends within your organisation. Students who complete the activities will be awarded a badge and a poster for their school. There are some great clinical explanations as to why this happens, but personally, for my work, i find it more useful to use something from the dementia friends initiative. This video taken from the dementia partnerships website shows natalie rodriguez, dementia friends champion, using this analogy to describe how dementia may affect a person.
Gemma jones 2005 has used the bookcase analogy to explain the breakdown of memory systems. Dementia friends bookcase analogy in 2020 dementia. We have designed specifically our dementia friendly door wraps and dementia wall murals. As dementia progresses the bookcase rocks a little harder from sidetoside. This document was developed under the alzheimers disease initiative grant from the u. It gives you a real feel for some of the changes people with dementia are going through and explains part of. Please note that the script of the bookcase analogy does not refer to skills. Dementiafriendschampion natalie talks through the bookcase analogy. The dementia friends program uses this illustration to explain the process to those attending one of their community outreach sessions. Dementia friend bookcase analogy cardiff libraries. Living change here is the youtube link for the video. Dementia friends is a global movement developed by the alzheimers society in the united kingdom and now underway in the united states. Personal essays caretakers are united in a sea of dementia woundsupdated on august 26, 2018 kareena maxwell morecontact author dementia and the impact on the familythere has not been one day in the past five years that i have not watched the changing gait, the far away gaze, or placed cl. The actual drafting of the analogy for dementia friends is slightly different albeit precise.
Dementia friends usa is part of a global movement that is changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. The person who has alzheimers or dementia you need to think of their brain like a tall bookshelf, at the bottom is everything from their past i. Whether you attend a facetoface information session or watch the online video, dementia friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help. Dementia friends bookcase analogy dementia partnerships. Natural laws of motion dictate that the books will start to move, but they will move faster on the top shelf and from that top shelf they will fall first. As you can see from the video, kind actions rather than. This is a explanation to help understand a how memories are stored in the brain b. As a description of dementia, carole gave us the analogy of a person as a bookcase holding books from every memory of her life. It will count towards our target of reaching four million dementia friends by 2020. Dementia friends aims to make everyday life better for people with dementia by changing the way the nation thinks, talks and acts. Bookshelf analogy helps explain what happens to someone with. Demen tia friendly wyoming is a department of the hub on smith street located at 211 smith street sheridan, wyoming 82801 phone number 30746174. The dementia friends bookcase analogy video is a nonscientific explanation to help anyone understand how memories are stored and how they might be affected by dementia.
Dementia is a broad umbrella term used to describe a range of progressive neurological disorders. Please watch the understanding dementia video first followed by any one of the other four. The bookshelf hello, a friend told me this and it is a way for me to understand what is happening with my dads brain. A dementia friend is someone who, through viewing a series of online videos or attending an inperson session, learns about what its like to live with dementia and then turns that understanding into action. Play the video small changes to help make a dementia friendly community. The bookshelf example presented by dementia friends in the video below may help. Symptoms of dementia can includememory problems short. Imagine i am balancing a bookcase on each arm, the bookcase on the left is emotions and the bookcase on the right is memories. The neuroscientific inaccuracy of the bookcase analogy. By becoming a dementia friend within your workplace, youll be supporting your customers and. Dementia friends usa is part of a global movement that is changing the way. This simple explanation, orginally devised by dr gemma jones, can be helpful for dementia friends champions to explain dementia to others. Our designs enhance a care home and hospital department for people living with dementia or alzheimers disease.
The bookcase analogy dementia friends health fancast. The video below, from alzheimers societys dementia friends programme in the uk, does a wonderful job of explaining dementia using a bookcase for comparison. Alzheimer care dementia care alzheimers and dementia activities for dementia patients alzheimers activities alzheimers awareness alzheimers quotes elderly. This short animated video highlights how living with dementia could be through the well pathway for dementia. Department of health and human services, administration on aging, administration for community. Explaining dementia through the bookcase analogy kinjunxion. The river can replace the bookcase story in dementia friends. The bookcase descriptions she refers to are examples within the session to help engage participants in a way that they can try and relate to. My admiral nurse journey march 2018 springhill care. It is called the bookcase analogy and it explains this situation in a way that we all can understand. In this video, people living with dementia speak candidly about.
The bookshelf model of memory storage diocese of guildford. Most of our school resources create dementia friends, which is an alzheimers society initiative changing the way people think, act and talk about dementia. Piecing together a dementiafriendly community healthy. From telling friends about the dementia friends programme to visiting someone you know living with dementia, every action counts. This is now a feature of the alzheimers societys dementia friends program and is being used to alert thousands of unpaid volunteers as to the effects of memory loss. The dementia friends bookcase analogy video is a nonscientific explanation to help anyone understand how memories are stored you can. Our bookcase analogy is an easytounderstand explanation of how memories, events and feelings are stored over time and how they might be. Each dementia friends state lead receives its customized dementia friends state logo as well. The bookshelf model of memory storage thebrainstoresmemoriesinmany complexways. One person may be affected in a different area of the brain than another person, which may cause entirely different symptoms, and. It shows the importance of a holistic partnership approach to supporting the person with dementia, their families and carers within local communities. Stokes worked with the local groups partners in aging and healthy generations area agency on aging to present dementia friends virginia, training on how businesses and individuals can become. Understand the way dementia affects a person and why visits are so. I, too, did my champions training in april and was surprised that we werent provided with a session plan at that stage.