Tag: ageing

Resolve to challenge assumptions about independence

28/12/202205/01/2023 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Without a doubt, the topic of how to support independence has seen the biggest volume of training enquiries for me in 2022 (I touched on this in my September 2022 blog). I attribute many of these enquiries to the post-Covid…

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It’s time to change the record

28/06/202102/07/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Social media often gets a bad press, sometimes justifiably so, but it can be an amazing place to connect with people who share our views and experiences too. Something came my way last week that fits into that positive category…

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Intergenerational lessons from the (home education) classroom

22/02/202127/02/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

I’m probably going to put myself into a very small group of parents with my opening comment for this blog, but I’m so glad I’ve had the chance to home school our daughter. Whilst I know many parents have struggled…

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Demanding better for people with dementia

21/09/202029/10/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Ordinarily, September is dominated for me by World Alzheimer’s Month (or World Dementia Month as I prefer to call it), which in practice means 30 days of sharing all of the great content, ideas and initiatives that lots of fantastic…

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Resolve to tackle loneliness

17/12/201816/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

“It’ll be lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It’ll be lonely this Christmas Lonely and cold.” So sang English glam rock band Mud (in the style of Elvis Presley) to top the UK singles chart in 1974, selling over…

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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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