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In Meeting this morning, a Quaker friend shared her response to, and feelings about, being a Befriender to people living with dementia.
Dementia Caring with Love. Here, for your perusal, is another set of ‘Tentative Tips’. As I said in Part One, please do take them for what they are – ideas shared in the hope they might prove useful to others as they have proved useful to me and other carers I have talked to.
My dad was 90 earlier this year. My sisters and I spent a good few weeks debating the benefits and pitfalls of a big party.
How to stay standing and happy alongside the person you care for with dementia. I’ve worked for many years in the field of mental health, but nothing prepared me for the emotional reaction of becoming a carer myself.
I don’t find caring for my dad easy. The word ‘carer’ slips out freely enough – I have worked with carers and in the field of mental health over many years and, just as I am not shy of admitting to having mental health problems, I am happy to identify myself as a carer.
I have just come back from a trip down to Dorset to stay with my dad. My dad lives in a beautiful small north Dorset town, and it should be (and mainly is) a pleasure to visit.
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National Clinical Director for Dementia NHS England |
Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead Rutland County Council |
Specialist Audiologist Nottingham Audiology Services |
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Professor of ICT and Education University of Nottingham |
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Emeritus Professor The University of Nottingham |
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Project worker Trent Dementia |
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Recreational therapist Brookdale Westlake Village |
Elizabeth Peel is a Professor of Communication and Social Interaction Loughborough University |
Researcher The University of Nottingham |
Doctoral researcher TAnDem Arts and Dementia Doctoral Training Centre |
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Student The University of Nottingham |
Head of Learning & Development JoCo Learning and Development Ltd |
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Senior researcher Institute of Mental Health |
Research Ambassador The University of Nottingham |
Project development worker Trent Dementia |
Senior Public Health Manager Nottinghamshire County Council |
PhD researchers Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Utilising Current Technology |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Head of Research at Alzheimer's Society Alzheimer's Society |
Project Manager Trent Dementia Trent Dementia |
Dance Movement Psychotherapist Through the Body |
Emergency Physician University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust |
Research Fellow Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology |
Blogger and person with dementia A Good Life With Dementia |
Student The University of Nottingham |
Professor of Mental Health & Social Care University of Nottingham |
Researcher University of Worcester |
Head of Research and Evaluation at Dementia UK Dementia UK |
Honorary research fellow, author and activist University of Wollongong |
Retired teacher dementiadiaries.org |
Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics University of Nottingham |
Neuroscience student The University of Nottingham |
Social Scientist University of East Anglia |
Staff nurse and PhD student Researcher |
Research Fellow The University of Nottingham |
Associate Professor Saint Mary’s College of California |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Sociologist The University of Nottingham |
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Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Lecturer The University of Nottingham |
Relative of person with dementia mumhasdementia .com |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Research fellow University of Nottingham |
Musician Dementia Diaries |
Associate Fellow Freelance |
Assistant Professor in Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama The University of Nottingham |
Retired Engineer and Academic Lawyer Imperial College |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Freelance writer Member of The Writers Guild |
Research Fellow The University of Nottingham |
Dementia rights supporter Independent |
Carer for a person with dementia |
Photographer and Activities Coordinator Self-employed |
Housing with support manager Metropolitan Housing |
Researcher in dementia shibleyrahman.com |
Carer partner and blogger Memory Issues blog |
Assistant Professor The University of Nottingham |
Member EDUCATE: People with dementia raising awareness |
Support group facilitator Trent Dementia |
Postgraduate student The University of Nottingham |
Medical student The University of Nottingham |
Professor of Dementia Research University of Nottingham |
Neuroscience masters student The University of Nottingham |
Director Growing Support |
Admiral Nurse Research Fellow De Montfort University |
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