Feedback on living well with dementia

The feedback from the Insight program from many people was overall very positive, but some “were deflated by it, saying it totally bypassed the realities of people with moderate-advanced dementia”, and one family support person said it “showed dementia through rose-tinted glasses”. I’m adding a few snippets of feedback here, without people’s names for their privacy.   I would…

The ups and downs of living well with dementia

Living with, and being an advocate for others also living with dementia is one full of highs and lows, and I wrote the following sometime before 5 May 2014; I’m feeling distressed, wondering if the advocacy results I’m trying to achieve is worth it. Not so much worth the outcomes, for people with dementia, but…