Article of the month: November 2016

The paper of Dröes et al., has been selected as publication of the month. The paper discusses the concept of social health, which acknowledges the people with dementia’s remaining capacities to fulfil potentials and obligations, to manage life and to participate in social activities. Furthermore, effective interventions in these domains are described as well as recommendations for research and practice.
Social health and dementia: a European consensus on the operationalization of the concept and directions for research and practice.
Dröes RM, Chattat R, Diaz A, Gove D, Graff M, Murphy K, Verbeek H, Vernooij-Dassen M, Clare L, Johannessen A, Roes M, Verhey F, Charras K, The Interdem Social Health Taskforce.
Aging Ment Health. 2016 Nov 21:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]