Dementia Aware: what you need to know about the 5 most common types of dementia Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a progressive neurodegenerative disease causing deterioration in all areas of mental ability and function, accompanied by changes in behaviours and personality. Whilst dementia mainly affects older people,
Finding out you have dementia can be upsetting and frightening for the person with dementia, the caregiver and the family. Suddenly, the life path you were on has now changed direction. Your hopes and dreams for the future may seem unattainable; you may feel helpless, hopeless and lost, but what you need to know is
Dementia Aware: what you need to know about engaging, enabling and empowering people with dementia The word dementia conjures up so many different thoughts: a loss of memory, a loss of independence, a loss of function; but instead of focusing on the debilitating and despairing features of dementia, what
How to calm a person living with dementia who appears agitated https://hopeforthecaregiver.podbean.com/e/caregivers-calming-an-agitated-loved-one-suffering-from-dementia/
Tracey Maxfield (Spoken Label, April 2019) by Tracey Maxfield
Truly an amazing book! I concur!!!! I’ve read it myself (as you know) and highly recommend it for ANYONE and EVERYONE! For those who have been there, it puts into words how you may have felt and definitely makes you feel less alone and more understood. For those who have
