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Advice and tips from Dementia Support Forum members about helping someone with dementia feel more comfortable during hot weather. 

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Advice about planning a vacation – from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members.

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What should you think about when deciding whether to reduce hours or stop working in order to support a relative or friend who has dementia?

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Readers share advice about family disagreements over a person’s finances when they have dementia.

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V for Life wants vegans and vegetarians’ values to be respected throughout life, including in care settings. There are several useful tools available to help people plan for how they would like to be cared for in the future.

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Advice about deciding who to tell and how – from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members.

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What support could you get from your employer to balance work with caring responsibilities?

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We explain the criteria for a Blue Badge in England and how it may apply to a person with dementia. This may be useful for a person with dementia or someone helping them to complete the application.
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If a person with dementia asks a difficult question or starts talking about a confabulated (invented) memory, it can be hard to reply truthfully without causing distress. Read our advice to understand their behaviour and decide when it might be better to lie or not tell them the whole truth.