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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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Five things I’m glad we bought my dad

25/01/202129/01/2021 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

A question I’m often asked is what would I recommend buying a person with dementia? This has become even more pertinent with so many family members unable to see relatives with dementia during the pandemic, and looking for ideas of…

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Coronavirus and being isolated from a loved one

20/04/202018/05/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Coronavirus and being isolated from a loved one

Last month I wrote about the coronavirus pandemic and answered two questions families supporting a loved one are grappling with: How do we hand-wash more and how do we self-isolate? For families who aren’t in the same household, however, they…

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Without a song or dance, what are we?

05/02/201817/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Without a song or dance, what are we?

One of the first blogs I ever wrote on D4Dementia, back in May 2012, was about music for people with dementia. It charted my dad’s love of music, how it became a vital communication tool in the latter years of…

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Do something new… with entertainment

21/05/201522/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Welcome to the fifth of my seven blog posts for UK Dementia Awareness Week 2015. This year’s Dementia Awareness Week centres around the theme of doing something new for people with dementia, under the mantra that ‘Life doesn’t have to end when…

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Reflections on 2013

18/12/201326/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

Reflecting on a whole year is never an easy task. So many different events, milestones, and most importantly people have contributed to the last 12 months, each leaving me with that most precious gift – a memory. My collection of…

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Talking the talk

24/04/201330/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia3 Comments on Talking the talk

Through my work I often encounter people who say that they cannot talk to someone who has dementia. They are scared to talk to them (as I wrote about here), don’t know what to say, are unsure of how they…

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Singing from the same hymn sheet

24/05/201202/07/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia1 Comment on Singing from the same hymn sheet

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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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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