Adventures with Dementia

Those looking after a person living with dementia often discuss the best way of dealing with the situation where the person you are caring f...

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 was reading about schizophrenia, prompted by an article about a young girl diagnosed with it.  Her hallucinations were described and I cou...

A couple of day ago, S announced, 'She's gone!'. I'm very familiar with this. Normally it's a good friend that's gon...

The admiral nurse pointed this out to me and it fits in so well with the person-centred approach to dementia. She was responding to my sayin...

No doubt many people meeting/seeing S for the first time view her as someone with severe mental health problems. I've got used to our wa...