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
Losing You
It seemed to start very slowly, with you forgetting little things, I know that you were worried about what Alzheimer’s brings.
Read Katie's poem
Disease Eroding Memories Ending Normality This Is Alzheimer’s
Dementia/Alzheimer’s are only small words but the changes they make to the life of the sufferer are far from being small.
Read Steve's poem
Our nursing home
Dementia, hard like a coffin nail, unsettling like a creaking stair,
lonely, cruel, inexorable, unfair.
Read Stewart's poem
