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  • Don't panic! Help is available
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    Steve Clifford Thu, 09/06/2016 - 17:03

    The help that is available is tremendous in every way.
  • Keeping a diary
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    Steve Clifford Thu, 09/06/2016 - 16:55

    It has now become necessary to keep the diary so I don’t forget even the most mundane of things.
  • Customer service, or lack of it
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    Steve Clifford Thu, 09/06/2016 - 16:47

    The queue was getting bigger now, none of them obviously knew of my condition.  
  • Not everyone is supportive
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    Steve Clifford Thu, 09/06/2016 - 16:20

    Little did they know it was crumpling me up inside.
  • Taking up yoga was the best thing I ever did
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    Agnes Houston Thu, 09/06/2016 - 16:02

    So nine years ago I took up yoga. Best thing I ever did.
  • Time
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    Agnes Houston Thu, 09/06/2016 - 15:53

    Time is not my friend. Telling the time is such a challenge now. 
  • Crossing the road
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    Agnes Houston Thu, 09/06/2016 - 15:47

    When you have difficulties and issues you begin to realise how many times you cross a road.
  • Asking for help
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    Agnes Houston Thu, 09/06/2016 - 15:32

    I’m having to find the strength to ask for help, and this is not an easy task for me.
  • Support and living well with dementia
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    Keith Oliver Thu, 09/06/2016 - 14:57

    Rosemary is not my carer, she is my wife, who cares for me and I’m her husband, and I care for her. 
  • The 'fog' of dementia and other metaphors
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    Keith Oliver Thu, 09/06/2016 - 14:40

    On bad days it’s like living in a fog.

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