How can Alzheimer’s carers balance their personal and caregiving lives?
Caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia is physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing, but it is also rewarding in that your bond with your loved one deepens through care, companionship, and service. The added challenges of caring for someone with...
10 simple and stimulating dementia care therapies
Our current reality – of Covid-19 related lockdown and social distancing – can be hard and anxiety-inducing for anyone, but carers of dementia patients face considerable additional stresses. Confined to their homes, carers must manage the experience of lockdown and a...
Grandparents with dementia: helping kids engage with kindness and care
Many children enjoy a particularly special bond with their grandparents. If they are lucky enough to have them, grandparents are a valuable outer ring of the nuclear family. They are often able to offer the best elements of parenting (such as love, support, attention...
Of love and loss: when your partner has dementia
“He will always be my husband. It’s the disease that has taken so much away from me,” says Glynis Williams. “Richard,” she continues, “is still Richard.” Glynis’s husband, Richard Williams – her beloved partner of thirty years – has Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD),...