Exercise
We have heard this many times, in many different ways, from many different people. Exercise is good for us. I’m not here to say anything different. It is good for everyone. However [...]
What is best interest’s decision making?
The key issue about best interests, is that it does not become relevant if the person can make decisions for themselves. It is only when they are unable to make that decision [...]
Sex for people with dementia
Firstly and most importantly, people have sex, its fine, there is little enquiry that is done with the sex lives of other people, so it shouldn’t be different for people with dementia. [...]
UN Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The UK is a signatory to this convention, however the UK has not incorporated it into domestic legislation and there is no appeal to the UN for any potential breaches. So at [...]
Dementia does not necessarily mean a lack of capacity
Dementia does not necessarily mean a lack of capacity, but it might. It all depends of what the decision is being made and when it needs to be made. There can often [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Food and Dementia
People need to eat, it is part of the human condition and although we can go for periods of time with some abstinence, if we stop eating, we eventually die, it is [...]
Alternative therapies for dementia
As well as medication, which is suitable for some dementias, additionally there is also cognitive behaviour therapy, which is helpful as a social care support strategies. There is also pet therapy, walking [...]