Your story
Your stories and poems
Your story is a place for you to share your experiences of living with dementia. Stories can be submitted by anyone who has been affected by dementia, including people with dementia, carers and relatives.
You can submit your story via our online form or email. Or if you would just like to read other people's story you can do so below. Older stories can be found in the Your story archive.
Latest stories and poems
Living with Alzheimer's: a grandaughter's perspective
It started with the simplest things: leaving the front door unlocked;
unplugging the fridge and telephone; even taking a lump of cheese into
the cinema, things that didn’t matter, and to an extent, seemed humorous
at the time.
Read Mollie's story
Nanna
These frantic notes on scraps of paper to her long dead father and
late husband show my poor mothers' torment and paranoia when she was in
the 'Rest Home'.
Read Gill's story
My little boy
Lying in darkness,
Waiting for morning to become lighter,
Wondering what this day will bring.
Will my boy be a little bit brighter?
Read Joyce's poem
