Christmas is a time to gather with family and friends and to enjoy wonderful meals together – something we all look forward to - including older people and people living with dementia. To ensure no...

This is probably a question you may have asked yourself many times if your loved one has been diagnosed with dementia or is progressing with the illness. There are a few options available to you for...

When caring for your loved one with dementia it can be a traumatic experience when they start becoming incontinent. It is distressing both for the person with dementia as well as the person who is...

Taking care of a loved one living with dementia is a tremendous responsibility, and often one without respite. Which is why it is so important to make use of the support systems and programmes out...

Have you ever wondered why your loved one with dementia can remember something that happened to them decades ago in great detail but forgets what you said just moments ago? This is the difference...

It can be very challenging for a person with dementia to communicate their feelings, and as the illness progresses it becomes more and more difficult. Their frustration often builds without a way to...

Discovering or coming to terms with the fact that you have memory loss can be extremely difficult. Many people can become panicked and agitated when they realise they can’t remember something,...

It is inevitable that as a parent gets older they become more and more reliant on their children for support, and even more so if that parent has dementia or Alzheimer’s. This extra burden often...

Day Care Special: Less 20% on Day Care services at Somerset West and Bryanston from 01 - 12 October 2018. If you are a full-time caregiver, day care can offer benefits to both you and your loved one...