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How to speak with younger people and children about how a family member’s dementia symptoms are changing.
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Talking to younger family members about changes in a person’s dementia
Talking to younger family members about changes in a person’s dementia .How to speak with younger people and children about how a family member’s dementia symptoms are changing.
Interesting resources: Memory Radio, young carers’ rights, Tuesdays with Henry
Interesting resources: Memory Radio, young carers’ rights, Tuesdays with Henry .Archive radio, information for young carers and a story for young children.
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Explaining to the kids: Telling teenagers about a dementia diagnosis
Explaining to the kids: Telling teenagers about a dementia diagnosis .Explaining a diagnosis of dementia to teenage children can be difficult, but understanding what’s happening and how they could help can be reassuring.
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Mum, 35, unites with Alzheimer’s Society to find dementia cure through Memory Walk campaign after test heartache
Mum, 35, unites with Alzheimer’s Society to find dementia cure through Memory Walk campaign after test heartache .A mother of two young children joins Memory Walk to raise vital funds to beat dementia, after learning she will develop a rare inherited form of the condition.
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Alzheimer’s Society appoints Kate Lee new Chief Executive Officer
Alzheimer’s Society appoints Kate Lee new Chief Executive Officer .Alzheimer’s Society is delighted to announce that Kate Lee, currently Chief Executive Officer at children and young people’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent, will take up the reins as the charity’s new CEO in April 2020.
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Living with dementia as a younger person
Living with dementia as a younger person .The issues faced by someone with young-onset dementia will be very different to those experienced by someone older. This page includes information on talking to children about a diagnosis, driving and any benefit entitlements.
Staying connected to the people who matter to you after a dementia diagnosis
Staying connected to the people who matter to you after a dementia diagnosis .Your close relationships will change in different ways after your diagnosis but there are many ways to stay connected. There are also opportunities to get to know new people too.
Mary’s legacy: Improving people’s understanding about dementia across generations
Mary’s legacy: Improving people’s understanding about dementia across generations .A reading project involving schools is tackling isolation for care home residents while raising awareness of dementia, and it was all inspired by one woman’s story.
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Safeguarding
Safeguarding .We play an important role in delivering front-line services to people with dementia and their carers. Learn more about how we promote safeguarding within our organisation.