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Paul Hitchmough

Musician
Dementia Diaries
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Paul is amateur musician, from Liverpool. Paul was diagnosed with dementia in February 2014, at the age of 61. He was alone at home when the consultant arrived, an experience he recounts in his blog 'Diagnosis'.Paul's blogs form part of a national project called 'Dementia Diaries'. The Dementia Diarists use custom-b​uilt reporting phones to share their experiences of living with the condition. For more of their stories, visit dementiadiaries.org or @DementiaTweets

Music and me
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 June 9, 2016
Music keeps me mind clear and gives me a clear focus every day. I’d just like to mention a project I’m doing, to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research. Since I’ve  been diagnosed it seems to me, music has become very...
Support / living well with dementia
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 June 8, 2016
It’s pretty hard to concentrate on things a long period of time.   I think when you have dementia, it’s pretty hard to concentrate on things for a long period of time,  especially if you’re just sitting there, listening to...
Challenges
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 June 6, 2016
We are still the same people.  I went to the supermarket with my girlfriend just to get some bits and bobs. I just walking down the aisle, coming to the other way was this guy I know from way back: he...
Diagnosis
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 June 2, 2016
All of the normal triggers for Alzheimer’s don’t apply to my case. Earlier I reported back on my thoughts on an article which appeared in The Eye, April 2015. It  revolved around a piece of work currently undertaken at Duke...
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