Welcome to the second of my seven ‘mini’ blogs for UK Dementia Awareness Week 2014. Concerns that a person is developing dementia aren’t just restricted to that individual – they also affect those closest to them, bringing complex relationships into play.…
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Talking about dementia… with your partner
Welcome to the first of my seven ‘mini’ blogs for UK Dementia Awareness Week 2014. Concerns that a person is developing dementia aren’t just restricted to that individual – they also affect those closest to them, bringing complex relationships into…
Troubleshooting checklist
Advanced dementia brings many challenges for the person living with it and also their family and carer(s). Not only can you often feel like you need to be a bit of a detective for your loved one (as I described…
A loss of innocence
As those of you who read this blog post last year will know, April is a difficult month for my family. While the spring flowers come into full bloom, the lambs scamper in the fields and the temperatures warm up, this…
Amour
There is something universal about the language of love. Across the world we may have many different words for it but the meaning remains the same, and most importantly of all the endless ways of demonstrating it transcend barriers. There…
