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Keith is a retired former headteacher who lives in Kent.Keith's blogs form part of a national project called 'Dementia Diaries'. The Dementia Diarists use custombuilt reporting phones to share their experiences of living with the condition. For more of their stories, visit dementiadiaries.org or @DementiaTweets
June 9, 2016
Rosemary is not my carer, she is my wife, who cares for me and I’m her husband, and I care for her. When you’re the person who has been the main bringer of income into the family, it can be quite...
June 9, 2016
On bad days it’s like living in a fog. If you talk about metaphors, whilst it’s easy exaggerate using metaphors, I think it can be useful to give people insight into my world of living with dementia. One metaphor I...
June 9, 2016
One big psychological hit to having young onset dementia is a feeling of guilt. There is a psychological impact, because, as I say, often the person who’s diagnosed won’t anticipate that that’s going to be the diagnosis that they...
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