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John, 68, appears in our Dementia Action Week film - Kids interview people with dementia. John was diagnosed with dementia five years ago. He spoke to us about his experiences and shared some advice on talking about dementia with someone you know.
Real stories
Real stories
Enomwoyi's mother, who is living with dementia, fills notebook after notebook writing down the details of her day. Here, Enomwoyi weighs up the positives and negatives of Mom's compulsive note-taking.
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Real stories
Angela O'Neill is a Singing for the Brain group leader who worked with Vicky McClure on the filming of the first series of Our Dementia Choir in 2019. In this interview she tells us about what it was like to work with Vicky, and why music has such a powerful effect on people with dementia.
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Real stories
Keith Oliver’s new book, ‘Dear Alzheimer’s’, is an intimate and empowering memoir of his experiences living with dementia. The book contains a series of letters addressed to dementia, written as his condition progresses each passing year. Read the first two letters here.
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Real stories
16 year old Anders was inspired to write a poem during a visit to his grandfather's care home. Poetry helped Anders to deal with the pain he felt as he watched his grandfather struggling to communicate.
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Real stories
Following her dad's dementia diagnosis, Vanessa and her husband sold their home and bought somewhere suitable for the whole family. Together, they support each other through the many challenges dementia brings.
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Real stories
Emma cared deeply for her grandfather, Roy, who had dementia. To help support Alzheimer's Society, Emma organises fundraising balls with her family and donates money from the sale of her paintings.
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Real stories
By taking each letter of the word 'dementia', Roger describes some raw and honest emotions that have affected him and his wife, Thelly, after her Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2014.

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