Advice You can help make dementia a priority for local decision-makers Speaking to local candidates and representatives about dementia, whether or not you have local elections soon. Speaking to local candidates and representatives about dementia, whether or not you have local elections soon. ... 28 March 2024
Advice What rights at work do I have as a carer? What support could you get from your employer to balance work with caring responsibilities? What support could you get from your employer to balance work with caring responsibilities? ... 28 March 2024
Advice Coping with challenging personality changes as a person’s dementia progresses Readers share advice for someone supporting a relative or friend with dementia whose personality changes are difficult to deal with. Readers share advice for someone supporting a relative or friend with dementia whose personality changes are difficult to deal with. ... 28 March 2024
Advice How to apply for a Blue Badge for a person with dementia 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. 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. ... 19 March 2024
Advice Is it okay to lie to someone with dementia? 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. 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. ... 02 February 2024
Advice Tips about staying safe and secure at home after a dementia diagnosis Home safety advice from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members. Home safety advice from Dementia together magazine readers, Dementia Voice partners and Dementia Support Forum members. ... 31 January 2024
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
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
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
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
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