The ethics of research
When there is university academic research, there has to be an ethics consideration and some of the experiments that were done in the past are no longer possible, because of the ethics [...]
Christmas for people with dementia
Lots of people have mixed feelings about Christmas. People can love it, love the presents, the sparkle, the food and seeing all their friends and family. Other people hate it, as everyone [...]
Suicide following diagnosis of dementia
There is some shocking news following the research done by Dr Charles Marshall from Queen Mary University of London, which shows that there is an increased suicide risk for people who are [...]
Language matters
When anyone talks about another human being, if you feel that you have little in common or just plain and simple don’t like them, it is easy to slip into language that [...]
Agoraphobia as a result of lockdown
I recently met with an elderly couple who had been active in their community until lockdown. Whilst they recognised that they were both elderly and had some frailties and one of them [...]
Frontal Temporal Lobe Dementia
Frontal temporal lobe dementia is a complex condition. It is not easy to diagnose, as often the classical signs of dementia are not present, so dementia is not the first thought about [...]
The importance of the living environment for people living with dementia
The space that we live in is important to us all and can have a big impact on the wellbeing of people affected by dementia. There are two key issues to the [...]
Sundowning
Sundowning is documented as something that is known to happen, but it is not well understood why it happens and what the triggers are. What has been noted, is that there has [...]
Grief for the dying
A friend of mine that I hadn’t seen for a while told me why she had been so withdrawn, her father was dying. The way that she described it made me think [...]
I think that my loved one is afraid to die
I have heard this a lot recently. Families see their loved ones in a very frail and unwell state and believe that dying would end their misery, but they aren’t dying. And [...]