Adventures with Dementia

This article in 'the Guardian' gives an accurate insight into the horrific ways in which dementia can affect the lives of people liv...

Someone asked online: What is the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia? I can understand why the question was asked as the two na...

The Alzheimer's Society seems to be renaming itself 'Alzheimer's Society' (i.e. dropping the definite article). Of course th...

I've read online about a disturbing way in which multiple drugs are sometimes prescribed for people living with dementia. This is how i...

I'm increasingly dubious about the 'Stages of Dementia'.  The idea is that the condition can be broken down into stages.  Typica...

Twice today, ironically because we've had a nice weekend with one of my sons and his wife, I was quite relaxed and not quite as 'on ...

When my wife was at the lowest point in her decline last autumn, a professional arrived just at the point when she had fallen down and was e...

Someone was worrying online about her mother who wrote down the names of people in their family and her relationship to them. I can unders...

My wife's dementia was preceded by many years of ill-health involving viral infections. These often produced ME-like symptoms that were ...

I've posted about this before. There are quite a few things that can bring on dementia or can produce a sudden decline in people who alr...

It's not new. I've posted previously about the nuns' study: http://adventureswithdementia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/nuns-study.htm...

I was telling a professional, when my wife was not eating much, that she tended to prefer sweet things. 'Ah yes, they develop a sweet t...

We take note of all the details of a disease and yet make no account of the marvels of health. MARIA MONTESSORI This is quoted in Zeig...

This is the title of a section of John Zeisel's 'I'm still here'. It's all very obvious once you've read it, but it...

As I've read  other people's experiences I have become more aware of the various things that can cause rapid deterioration in a per...

This is another example of research that, like the nuns study , suggests that some people avoid or delay the symptoms of dementia 'desp...

One of the most intriguing pieces of research into Alzheimer's is the ongoing nun study. In 1986 Dr David Snowdon, an epidemiologist and...

I am interested in some of the ideas discussed by Dr Mary Newport, and  her website is worth a look for anyone interested in alleviating dem...

I think I've posted about this before but as time goes by it annoys me more and more. I often browse the Alzheimer's Society Talking...

The passage quoted in the previous post continues with a description of the mother's distress and confusion  - she is left to cry hersel...