Support for dementia sufferers, people who care for people with dementia and support for organisations and individuals that work with Alzheimer’s disease.
Your home is your castle they say, but if you or someone you know suffers from dementia the home could be far from a place of comfort and security and more like a prison if familiar household items seem alien and unusable due to the persons condition. But new research by the University of...
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Singing for the Brain People with dementia and memory loss can struggle to remember things in their life but singing a song seems easy to a lot of people with dementia. The words to the songs seem to be remebered easily if it is a song they are familiar with. Why this is the case is...
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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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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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If you are caring for somebody that has dementia either part time or full time, you are going to need respite care at some stage. But what is respite care and why do you need it? Looking after a person with dementia can be very demanding role for the carer, who, in the majority of cases,...
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The government is launching a new video to help people spot the signs of a person with dementia. The video is going to raise the awareness of people who go undiagnosed with dementia.
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What is a dementia cafe. Or memory cafe as it is sometimes known? Who is a dementia cafe for and what can I expect from a dementia cafe? A dementia cafe is where people can meet up with others that may me in a similar situation to yourself, either suffering from a form of dementia or...
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Support Mechanisms Available Support for both dementia sufferers and carers is equally important to help people cope and manage with the everyday strains, stresses and challenges that dementia can cause the individual directly and their caring families. Whilst it is important to remember the support that those people who are experiencing dementia themselves crucially...
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