I woke up with dread. Would I be able to convince Mum to attend her appointment with me? She didn’t want to go to a mental asylum her biggest fear. Thanks to my family for putting that in her head, but I begged her and promised I would be with her. She reluctantly agreed, but […]
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It was a relief to get a dementia diagnosis for Mum after years of knowing something was wrong. Finally! It was a scary, really difficult time and the whole process was a disaster but it gave us the information we needed to start to plan for the future. It began our journey of educating ourselves,
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I’m starting to get angry for some reason with mum. I’m ashamed to admit it as I know that’s not fair on mum. I wasn’t even aware I was feeling it. It was only after a recent incident that I brought it to the fore and the need to learn how to deal with dementia
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It can be difficult to find clothes with dementia that are hidden behind wardrobe doors or stuck in a chest of drawers. You know the old adage “out of sight, out of mind” that is particularly relevant for someone with dementia. So what you can do is – label wardrobes, drawers, and cupboards! This will
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You may face the challenge of how to get someone with dementia to change clothes regularly. They may refuse to change or just continue to wear the same clothes repeatedly without realising they’re dirty. The key to getting someone with dementia to change their clothes regularly is understanding why they’re not doing so, what things
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Over the last few months, I felt overwhelmed by the thought of death. I hadn’t processed what that meant. I feared it, yes but had I looked at what it meant, at how losing mum after looking after her for almost 10 years would feel? Mum has Alzheimer’s, a life-limiting progressive disease, and spinal cord
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Like many dementia caregivers, I’m trying to find ways to help recharge myself to better support my mum with Alzheimer’s by improving my mental health. I decided to seek help by seeing a therapist for counselling or talking therapy, as it’s known. I decided to share my overall experience in Does Counselling Help for Dementia
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