Dementia Friendly

Sir Terry Pratchett, the internationally renowned novelist was diagnosed with dementia in 2007 and it stunned him. He became one of the 47.5 million people living with a form of dementia worldwide; one of the 7.7 million people diagnosed with dementia annually and one of the new cases recorded every 4 seconds. Like so many […]

Christmas preparations can be a busy time, particular as Christmas day approaches…

My gift to Elderly dementia clients and their families is…

“I wish you the wisdom, acceptance, love and peace that the experience of this loving son caring for his mother with dementia developed.”

(Apologies for his American spelling.)

There are many ways to communicate

People living with dementia often find it difficult to communicate verbally. But don’t underestimate them. We are so used to communicating verbally that when someone is unable to communicate via speech, it can be interpreted that they can’t communicate at all. Their senses are usually all functioning and they are […]

Have you ever experienced, once you get one thing in place that something else shifts?

That every time you do something right, it has also caused something to go wrong?

That’s what it feels like to live with dementia.

Using a small children’s toy, I gave a visual demonstration of what living with dementia is like, in front of […]