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Resolve to ask people with dementia what THEY want

16/12/201918/05/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

With over 200 blogs on D4Dementia, some of them now 7 years old, I’ve decided to spend my 2019 year of blogging by re-visiting some of the topics I’ve covered previously, throwing fresh light on why they remain relevant, and…

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What to do for ‘the best’

15/10/201817/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Last year I wrote a popular blog post entitled ‘Five things I wish I’d known before my dad’s dementia’. Point two was entitled ‘What to do for the best’ and said: “The great problem when my dad was living with…

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Resolve to embrace human rights

04/12/201717/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Resolve to embrace human rights

(A note before I begin this blog post: You should not consider anything written in this blog as legal advice for you or anyone you care for). During my dementia training for social care professionals, I ask participants: “Do you…

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The failure of post-diagnosis support

14/08/201718/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia4 Comments on The failure of post-diagnosis support

It’s not often that the content of TV programmes stays with me, but the recent BBC ‘Hospital’ series, following the fortunes of patients and staff at Imperial Trust’s hospitals in London, and ‘Granddad, dementia and me’ that I wrote about…

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Routine, routine, routine

16/01/201718/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia6 Comments on Routine, routine, routine

With a New Year often comes resolutions to change our routines. Things we’ve always done, that perhaps aren’t so good for us, are intended to be banished in favour of routines that are healthier or that we perceive are better…

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Why don’t we listen to people with dementia?

20/07/201521/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Before I get into the substance behind the title I’ve chosen for this blog post, I first want to acknowledge that there are organisations who do listen to people with dementia, and organisations exclusively made up of people with dementia…

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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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Think about the ‘Dementia Words’ that you use

11/05/201522/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia3 Comments on Think about the ‘Dementia Words’ that you use

As this year’s Dementia Awareness Week rapidly approaches (17-23 May), I anticipate that there will be a surge in coverage related to dementia in the UK. Indeed, it was the start of Dementia Awareness Week in May 2012 that saw…

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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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