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As a third year neuroscientist I have come across dementia and Alzheimer’s on numerous occasions. Never once did I think that I would be in a position were the disease would personally affect me.
Rates of loneliness and isolation have dramatically risen during the lockdown but what are the implications of this for people with dementia and for those who work with them?
It's been a very difficult period for "Friends for Life (Nottingham)" as we now have 3 members in Care Homes, all with little advanced indication.
I first became conscious of the concept of planning ahead for the end-of-life in the early 1990’s when I became a community psychiatric nurse (CPN) supporting families affected by dementia. Over my 6 years as a CPN
Like all aspiring medical students, before coming to university I undertook a range of work experience and volunteering roles.
There is a strong link between mood and dementia.
The different types of dementia can affect the brain in very different ways, however a common theme between them all is how they can cause the ability to communicate to suffer.
My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when I was 10, so I have always had some awareness of the condition.
A significant aspect of the work of the charity is in Increasing the general public’s understanding of the experience of what it is like to live with dementia; whether this is from the perspective of the person with the diagnosis, their family car
Returning to work in Health and Social Care after bearing and shepherding four children to maturity, including four and a half years living in the far east, her role was to help to make people’s lives after hospital