Steven Clifford lives in Stockport where he is part of the EDUCATE Group. He has a diagnosis of vascular dementia.Steve’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
The help that is available is tremendous in every way. I feel weary today, as I do most days. Being tired seems to be the norm, having both knees replaced and both hips replaced, as well as having both my…
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It has now become necessary to keep the diary so I don’t forget even the most mundane of things. I thought I would do my diary entry on the same day every week. This hopefully will show over time if
The queue was getting bigger now, none of them obviously knew of my condition. My wife and I were in the supermarket this morning. Not Asda, the other one. We were at one of the self-checkout tills; there was a
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Little did they know it was crumpling me up inside. After I had had my diagnosis of vascular dementia, all my family and close friends were unbelievably supportive. All were somewhat distressed and surprised at me having this condition, and
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