Tag: early onset

Kathy’s story – Living with a learning disability and dementia

16/07/201817/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Imagine reaching your 40’s or 50’s having lived your whole life in the shadows of discrimination, exclusion, social stigma and poor treatment within many health and social care services… and then developing dementia. You’re younger than the majority of people…

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Living with dementia as a younger person

15/09/201423/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Living with dementia as a younger person

In amongst the figures announced recently by the Alzheimer’s Society on the scale and cost of dementia in the UK, the data on the numbers of younger people developing dementia was particularly notable. It is estimated that 42,325 people are now living…

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Talking about dementia… with your employee

23/05/201425/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Welcome to the sixth of my seven ‘mini’ blogs for UK Dementia Awareness Week 2014. Concerns that a person is developing dementia aren’t just restricted to that individual – they also affect those closest to them, bringing complex relationships into…

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The corners of your mind

17/02/201426/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

I’m a bit of a fan of all things vintage, as you might have gathered given my love of our older generations. Music is no exception to this rule, hence the title of this blog post coming from a much…

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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 sense of achievement

26/06/201329/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

One of the most pervasive beliefs about dementia is that people living with it cannot achieve anything. For many the onset of living with dementia can signal the end of aspects of their life that represent the very foundations of…

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In sickness and in health

16/01/201301/07/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Through my work I am very privileged to meet and chat with people whose day-to-day life revolves around caring for someone with dementia or living with it themselves. Why ‘privileged’ you might wonder? Simply because having walked this path with…

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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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