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Family reunions when a loved one has dementia

26/07/202128/07/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

With the UK summertime in full swing and COVID restrictions having eased, many people are meeting up with friends and family who they haven’t seen for a long time. For most people these will be joyous, emotional reunions that are…

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Regrets, I’ve had a few…

29/03/202131/03/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Listening to the radio recently, Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ came on. These two lines really stood out for me: “Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.” They got me thinking, as I so often do…

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Resolve to not put off until tomorrow what you can do today

21/12/202023/12/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

As we come to the end of a year that I’m sure no one expected to turn out the way it has, most of us are probably feeling that our coping skills have been sorely tested. The exponential rise of…

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Five things I wish I’d known before my dad’s dementia

15/05/201708/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Five things I wish I’d known before my dad’s dementia

I’ve lost count of the number of times people have asked me for tips and advice when dementia has come into their life. With more people than ever before now living with dementia, or knowing someone with dementia, it seems…

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What makes a good care plan?

25/05/201521/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on What makes a good care plan?

One of the main dementia-related ambitions for the five years of this current parliament is around care planning. Finally we seem to be moving on from the preoccupation with diagnosis rates and the focus is moving towards post-diagnostic support, something I…

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Challenging stereotypes about families and care homes

07/07/201424/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia4 Comments on Challenging stereotypes about families and care homes

Ask a cross-section of individuals what they think about care homes and you will often hear negative views of both the homes themselves and the families whose loved ones live in them. Having a relative in a care home has…

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Diagnosis – The day and the aftermath

18/09/201327/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Diagnosis – The day and the aftermath

Given that dementia is one of the most feared, if indeed not THE most feared disease in the UK and beyond, you could probably turn the moment of diagnosis (worldwide a new diagnosis of dementia is made every four seconds)…

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A good end-of-life

17/07/201328/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Given our aversion to talking about death and dying, the idea of a good end-of-life isn’t something that has been widely debated. Yet for people who are diagnosed with a terminal disease, like dementia, knowing what would represent a good end…

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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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