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Bothered and bewildered by the portrayal of dementia

20/01/202021/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

The portrayal of dementia on TV and in the arts has undoubtedly risen since my dad was living with dementia. From major soaps to numerous stage plays, dementia – it seems – is popular subject matter. I’m not against portraying…

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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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Another world

13/03/201330/06/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia

As anyone with experience of dementia will know, it is a disease that plays tricks with the mind. Sometimes those tricks can be fairly innocuous moments where clarity of thought is absent. They can be mild and pass almost as…

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Getting technical

06/03/201301/07/2020 Beth BrittonD4Dementia2 Comments on Getting technical

How many times have you forgotten your pin number or tried to work out what an abbreviation in a text message means? How often have you cursed technology for presenting you with what appears to be an insurmountable problem, declaring…

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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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