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 [...]
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 [...]
Loneliness
For the last 2 and a bit years the public health messaging has gone something along the lines of “stay at home” “outside is dangerous” “other people are dangerous” “stay away from [...]
Loneliness and Dementia and Human Rights
There was a study done that indicates that there may be a link to loneliness and the increased incidence of developing dementia. They have described the link as “tentative”. However they have [...]