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If a person is suffering from dementia a common problem for the carer when looking after the sufferer is if the person has a tendency to wander. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia - degenerative diseases that affect a persons memory and cognition – can leave a person with dementia totally unaware of their actions,...
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What is assisted living and how does it help a person with dementia? What should you expect from assisted living care provided in your home, at a residential care home or with an assisted care living facility. Is assisted living only provided at a care home. These are some of the questions you may ask...
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Our memories help us recollect everything we have ever learned, from the experiences life has taught us over the years to what our favorite colour or food is, memory is one of the most important things we posses and need to be able to use if we are going to lead a full and healthy life. But is memory loss a...
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People with dementia and their carers are to be recruited for a trial looking at how word games and quizzes can benefit brain stimulation in sufferers. Bangor University research suggests cognitive stimulation from playing dominoes or even baking a cake can also help boost memory. There are now plans to trial the technique to...
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Love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher was one of the UK’s most controversial Prime Ministers and the film portraying her life as the Iron Lady, has won Meryl Streep a Bafta Award for Best actress at the 2012 Bafta Awards. The British awards ceremony was dominated by the film “The Artist” which won...
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Watch this video to learn more about living with dementia If you or a person you know has Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia you may want to know more information about living with the disease. Below we have a video which has been produced by NHS Choices. It show’s what it is like...
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Arts 4 Dementia, founded in 2011, has been set up to bridge the gap in arts provision, to re-energise and inspire people living with dementia in the community, to help develop new outreach in London and establish a comprehensive website (www.arts4dementia.org.uk) to signpost arts activities nationwide. Two-thirds of the 64,000 Londoners with dementia live at...
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NHS Choices video on living with Alzheimer’s Stan Lintern has had Alzheimer’s disease for 10 years. He is cared for by his wife Denise, who helped set up the Maidstone branch of the Alzheimer’s Society and runs the helpline. Last year, she was awarded an MBE for services to her local community. We have...
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If you are caring for somebody with dementia at home or work, such as a dementia centre, you may want to learn ways in which you can help a person with dementia keep active and try to stimulate their minds with the use of puzzles, games and quizzes. Exercising the memory with games and puzzles is...
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A ‘memory café’ or ‘dementia cafe’ can offer people with dementia and their carers the chance to socialise and share information on dementia at a local centre which is free of charge. On the video below, provided by NHS Choices, one such group talk about what the experience of visiting a local memory cafe...
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