Method
Participants
A total of 15 people including 8 people with early to middle
stage dementia, 5 care-givers and 2 volunteers attended
the programme in the presence of Alzheimer’s Society
staff. Six people (four female) consented to be interviewed
for the preliminary study. They comprised 3 people with
dementia, 2 care-givers and 1 volunteer. The age range was
52e86 years. Ethical conduct was guided by the Alzheimer’s
Society (UK) principles in respect to consent, privacy,
confidentiality and withdrawal from participation. All
collected data was kept and stored in accordance to the UK
Data Protection Office (ICO, 1998).