The needs of a person with dementia

I’m working on what I believe are the true needs of a person with dementia, and would love your contributions. There is so much written on this topic by professional experts, and very little written about it by the real experts, that is, the people with dementia. Mostly, I think people with dementia need others to accept us as…

Losing the sense of who I am

On national television recently I heard a woman who had been retrenched from her job make the comment I have lost the sense of who I am. This was very relevant to me as having to give up my paid employment, because of the symptoms of dementia, was very difficult. No-one ever asked me how it…