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
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
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
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
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
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
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. ... 02 January 2025
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. ... 31 December 2024
Advice What can help mixed feelings over news about the latest Alzheimer’s medications? Advice on dealing with ‘wonder drug’ headlines about lecanemab and donanemab. Advice on dealing with ‘wonder drug’ headlines about lecanemab and donanemab. ... 29 November 2024
Advice Keeping the promise I made to my wife to raise the visibility of dementia Since caring for his wife, Jim Norris from Carryduff in County Down is drawing on his energies and skills to raise the profile of dementia. Since caring for his wife, Jim Norris from Carryduff in County Down is drawing on his energies and skills to raise the profile of dementia. ... 29 November 2024
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