Advice The power of adding your name to help make dementia a priority The very real difference that adding your name to Alzheimer’s Society campaigns can make. The very real difference that adding your name to Alzheimer’s Society campaigns can make. ... 31 January 2024 0comments.
Advice Supporting a person with dementia who misses their job What can you do to help if a person with dementia misses doing the job they used to do? What can you do to help if a person with dementia misses doing the job they used to do? ... 31 January 2024 0comments.
Advice Supporting a person with dementia who lives far away and refuses help Readers share advice for someone struggling to support a person with dementia who lives far away and refuses their help. Readers share advice for someone struggling to support a person with dementia who lives far away and refuses their help. ... 31 January 2024 6comments.
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. ... 29 January 2024
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?' ... 22 January 2024
Advice What not to say to somebody with dementia Words can be helpful and uplifting, but also hurtful and frustrating depending on the situation. Here, we look at some words and questions to try to avoid when talking to a person with dementia. Words can be helpful and uplifting, but also hurtful and frustrating depending on the situation. Here, we look at some words and questions to try to avoid when talking to a person with dementia. ... 17 January 2024
Advice 5 New Year’s resolutions to help reduce your risk of dementia Here are five things you can do to help lower your chances of developing dementia, with illustrations by multi-award winning cartoonist, the late Tony Husband. Here are five things you can do to help lower your chances of developing dementia, with illustrations by multi-award winning cartoonist, the late Tony Husband. ... 08 January 2024
Advice How to support a person with dementia at Christmas Christmas means many things to many people—from food, family and festivities, to religious observance and quiet reflection. But for people affected by dementia it can be more difficult. Here are 8 ways you can support people with dementia at Christmas. Christmas means many things to many people—from food, family and festivities, to religious observance and quiet reflection. But for people affected by dementia it can be more difficult. Here are 8 ways you can support people with dementia at Christmas. ... 04 December 2023
Advice Tips about driving after a dementia diagnosis – and stopping Driving advice from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members. Driving advice from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members. ... 01 December 2023
Advice You can help to make dementia a priority by joining our campaigns Are you a campaigner? Make a difference for people living with dementia by signing a petition, contacting your MP or more. Are you a campaigner? Make a difference for people living with dementia by signing a petition, contacting your MP or more. ... 01 December 2023
Advice Deciding about surgery when advanced dementia means a person can’t consent How is a decision made about whether to have surgery if a person with dementia isn’t able to give informed consent themselves? How is a decision made about whether to have surgery if a person with dementia isn’t able to give informed consent themselves? ... 01 December 2023
Advice When a person’s dementia seems less advanced than it is because they’re in ‘host mode’ Readers share advice about professionals not understanding someone’s symptoms of dementia because the person is masking how advanced these are. Readers share advice about professionals not understanding someone’s symptoms of dementia because the person is masking how advanced these are. ... 01 December 2023