Author: Beth Britton

I'm an award-winning content creator, consultant, campaigner and speaker, trainer and mentor, specialising in ageing, health & social care. Until 2012 I was a carer to my dad who had vascular dementia for approximately the last 19 years of his life. I aim to provide support and advice to those faced with similar situations, inform and educate care professionals and the wider population, promote debate and create improvements in dementia care.

Loving our elders and betters

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In the UK we are wonderfully good at valuing children and animals. Yes, there are isolated cases of cruelty and abandonment, but the vast majority show huge compassion towards the young, putting children at the centre of so much in…

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Decisions, decisions

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Moving a loved one into a care home is one of the most difficult, emotional and life-changing things you will ever do. It is even more challenging when the person you are moving into a care home has dementia, and…

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Food for thought

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One of the things many of us take for granted in our busy lives is the enjoyment of food. It is vital to fuel our bodies for the physical and mental exertions they face, and it is one of life’s great…

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Can the UK rise to the challenge?

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Whether you are living with dementia, caring for someone with it, have encountered dementia at some point in your life through friends or family, work within the health and social care sectors, or are someone whose life has never been…

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Every face tells a story

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Behind every illness, every disease and every condition there is a real person, yet when it comes to dementia it is not the person living with it that needs reminding of this, it is the society they live in. Sadly…

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How do you do it?

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The question I have probably been asked more than any other over the last few years is how do you cope with having a loved one with dementia? There is no easy or short answer to that, but overwhelming I…

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Singing from the same hymn sheet

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Improving the quality of life for people with dementia, especially in the more advanced stages of the disease when they may have very limited communication or ability to do anything for themselves, is one of my biggest passions. Over the…

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Don’t wait for a ‘crisis point’

23/05/201202/07/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

I heard a pretty shocking statistic at yesterday’s Alzheimer’s Society conference. Two thirds of people living with dementia NEVER get an official diagnosis; if that same statistic applied to the diagnosis of cancer, and as a result two thirds of…

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Dementia – You can’t catch it!

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Stigma is one of the biggest problems currently facing those battling against dementia. Fear of the big D easily rivals fear of the big C, but whilst cancer campaigners have made massive strides in helping society face up to that…

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Continuity is key

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Last week a story hit the headlines about how Jeanette Maitland’s husband Ken, who was living with dementia, had been given 106 different carers during the last year of his life. Mr Maitland, from Aberdeen, had been allocated two carers…

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Welcome to D for Dementia

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Ever wanted to know what it is like to be directly affected by dementia? Or maybe you are already, or have been in the past? My father had vascular dementia for approximately the last 19 years of his life, which…

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About me

I'm an award-winning content creator, consultant, campaigner and speaker, trainer and mentor, specialising in ageing, health & social care. Until 2012 I was a carer to my dad who had vascular dementia for approximately the last 19 years of his life. I aim to provide support and advice to those faced with similar situations, inform and educate care professionals and the wider population, promote debate and create improvements in dementia care.

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www.bethbritton.com

Recent Posts

  • Carers: We are United 06/06/2022
  • 10 years of D4Dementia… and 10 years for my dad’s dementia diagnosis 20/05/2022
  • I love you and I miss you dad 25/04/2022
  • Live in the moment 28/03/2022

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