Advice Guilt and dementia: How to manage guilty feelings as a carer Carers of people with dementia often experience guilt, which can be difficult to cope with. Read our advice to help identify and manage these guilty feelings. Carers of people with dementia often experience guilt, which can be difficult to cope with. Read our advice to help identify and manage these guilty feelings. ... 17 March 2025
Advice Can caring for a pet help a person with dementia? Pets can give people with dementia feelings of unconditional love. But getting a new pet isn’t a decision to be made lightly. There are lots of things to consider before seeking a pet for someone with dementia. Pets can give people with dementia feelings of unconditional love. But getting a new pet isn’t a decision to be made lightly. There are lots of things to consider before seeking a pet for someone with dementia. ... 28 February 2025 20comments.
Advice Ramadan and dementia care If you or the person with dementia you care for observes Ramadan, we have information to support you. Shree Mehta cares for her grandmother, Sharda, who has vascular dementia. Shree shares her advice for other Muslim carers. If you or the person with dementia you care for observes Ramadan, we have information to support you. Shree Mehta cares for her grandmother, Sharda, who has vascular dementia. Shree shares her advice for other Muslim carers. ... 26 February 2025
Advice Can I install CCTV at home to keep an eye on my loved one living with dementia? CCTV can be an effective form of assistive technology. However, there are ethical and legal issues around using security cameras to keep an eye on someone with dementia that must be taken into account. CCTV can be an effective form of assistive technology. However, there are ethical and legal issues around using security cameras to keep an eye on someone with dementia that must be taken into account. ... 03 February 2025
Advice How can you protect your privacy, safety and wellbeing on social media when you have dementia? Advice about staying safe on social media when you have dementia. Advice about staying safe on social media when you have dementia. ... 30 January 2025 1comment.
Advice Fighting for change through a local dementia action alliance After his wife’s diagnosis, Tony Hall from Bristol set up a local action alliance and fights for change by lobbying politicians. After his wife’s diagnosis, Tony Hall from Bristol set up a local action alliance and fights for change by lobbying politicians. ... 30 January 2025 0comments.
Advice Can I get my local authority to provide more dementia homecare? What you can do to if your local authority says it can’t increase the amount of homecare it provides for a person with dementia. What you can do to if your local authority says it can’t increase the amount of homecare it provides for a person with dementia. ... 30 January 2025 0comments.
Advice What to do if a person with dementia keeps switching things off at home Advice from forum members and Dementia together magazine readers for when a person with dementia keeps turning things off around the house. Advice from forum members and Dementia together magazine readers for when a person with dementia keeps turning things off around the house. ... 30 January 2025 2comments.
Advice Care homes: when, why and how? Our community shares honest and practical advice about the decision to move a loved one into a care home. Our community shares honest and practical advice about the decision to move a loved one into a care home. ... 24 January 2025 0comments.
Advice Is it typical for people with dementia to sleep a lot during the day? People with dementia, especially those in the later stages, can often spend a lot of time sleeping. This can sometimes be worrying for carers, friends and family. Find out why a person with dementia might sleep more than an average person of their age. People with dementia, especially those in the later stages, can often spend a lot of time sleeping. This can sometimes be worrying for carers, friends and family. Find out why a person with dementia might sleep more than an average person of their age. ... 08 January 2025
Advice ‘I want to go home’ - What to say to someone with dementia in care Here are some ways family members and primary carers can approach the difficult question, 'What do I say to someone with dementia in residential care who wants to go home?' Here are some ways family members and primary carers can approach the difficult question, 'What do I say to someone with dementia in residential care who wants to go home?' ... 07 January 2025
Advice Q&A: How can you look after yourself as a carer of someone with dementia? Caring for someone with dementia can be challenging, and it can be difficult to find time to look after yourself. In this article you can read advice given to others going through the same situation. Caring for someone with dementia can be challenging, and it can be difficult to find time to look after yourself. In this article you can read advice given to others going through the same situation. ... 07 January 2025 57comments.
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