With my colleagues, Stephanie Petty, Amanda Griffiths, Dons Coleston, we have been looking at how people with dementia express themselves when distressed and how health professionals respond when this happens. One study, which is part of Stephanie’s PhD, has involved…
There is much debate on when is the best time to offer advance care planning to people with dementia. I would say as soon as possible after the diagnosis of dementia is made. Many professionals feel that getting people with dementia
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The title of today’s blog is not just a rallying cry to encourage fellow Dementers and their Carers to have as positive an approach to each day as possible. It is also, a statement that many may agree with and see as being obvious. However,
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We believe passionately in the power of daily activities and diversions for people living with dementia. The Daily Sparkle reminiscence newspaper was specifically designed as a reaction to what we felt was a lack of daily stimulation for those people
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Becoming a dementia friendly organisation is no longer about satisfying some altruistic need or Community Social Responsibility policy. It is a matter of complying with equality legislation. The number of people with dementia who are of working age is estimated
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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
Time is not my friend. Telling the time is such a challenge now. I’m standing with my jacket on, just glancing at, well, not glancing at the clock, I’m staring at the clock, frightened, because time is not my friend.
When you have difficulties and issues you begin to realise how many times you cross a road. You know I expected the memory issue with dementia and put up tips and strategies, and people talk about them a lot –
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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Here, as promised, is another set of ‘Tentative Tips’. As I said previously, please do take them for what they are – ideas shared in the hope they might prove useful to others as they have proved useful to me
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