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“I Want to Go Home.” What Do You Say When Someone With Dementia Is Already Home?
You are sitting in the living room where they have spent twenty years. Their photographs are on the mantelpiece and their favourite chair is by the window. Then they look at…
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Dementia at Christmas: When a Happy Family Occasion Becomes Difficult
The Christmas everyone remembers is not always the Christmas you can have
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Attendance Allowance and Dementia: What Financial Support Could Be Available?
Help with care costs that families sometimes overlook
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Caring for Someone With Dementia Who Refuses Help: What Can You Do?
You have arrived to help with lunch, but they insist they have already eaten. The bath is ready, but they say they washed this morning. You mention a visiting carer and the…
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Why Can Someone With Dementia Become More Confused in the Evening?
When the difficult part of the day starts at teatime
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Dementia and Winter: Keeping Someone Safe, Warm and Comfortable
A cold morning can turn an ordinary caring routine into a negotiation. The person you care for may insist they are warm enough in a thin cardigan, become unsettled when it gets…
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