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  • Grandma, it's me
    Mathuscha Ratnasingham
    Mathuscha Ratnasingham Tue, 10/11/2020 - 14:02

    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.
  • Dementia and lockdown loneliness: problems and possibilities
    Elaine Argyle Tue, 10/11/2020 - 11:16

    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?
  • Friends for Life during COVID-19
    Steve Lichfield
    Steve Litchfield Tue, 03/11/2020 - 15:19

    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.
  • Do we all have an advance care plan?
    Karen Harrison Dening Mon, 26/10/2020 - 17:18

    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
  • My friend with dementia
    Thomas Westhead
    Thomas Westhead Wed, 09/09/2020 - 17:39

    Like all aspiring medical students, before coming to university I undertook a range of work experience and volunteering roles.
  • Low mood and depression
    Thomas Westhead
    Thomas Westhead Wed, 09/09/2020 - 15:02

    There is a strong link between mood and dementia.
  • Communication
    Thomas Westhead
    Thomas Westhead Wed, 09/09/2020 - 12:00

    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.
  • A unique kind of grief
    Eleri Clarke
    Eleri Clarke Tue, 08/09/2020 - 12:12

    My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when I was 10, so I have always had some awareness of the condition.
  • Story telling - people with dementia, relationships and animals.
    Karen Harrison Dening Mon, 07/09/2020 - 21:57

    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
  • Blue Horizons to a Grey Dawn
    Peter Riley
    Peter Riley Mon, 07/09/2020 - 21:28

    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

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