Feb 23, 2021 | Book Reviews
The Mind Diet for Beginners is a recipe book filled with inspiring yet easy-to-make dishes that use the MIND diet as their guide. In case this is new to you, the MIND diet (which stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) is a...
Feb 21, 2021 | Dementia News
Back in the late 1980s there was a home help ‘revolution’ with the advent of Clappers – a little gizmo that enabled you to turn the lights on and off simply by clapping. While that may have seemed futuristic at the time, what we have at our fingertips now would...
Feb 18, 2021 | Book Reviews
Something a little bit different this week on Dementia Network’s book review column – a children’s thriller with dementia as a key storyline, written by an author with a detailed experience of the condition. Caroline Boxall’s sympathetic understanding and...
Feb 7, 2021 | Dementia News
As dementia progresses, it can affect a person’s behaviour and personality in a number of ways. During this period of lockdown these changes may be exacerbated or some cases even accelerated. Some of the most typical changes are increasing confusion and upset, while...
Feb 4, 2021 | Dementia News
A diagnosis of dementia means finding new, adapted and often innovative ways to support everyday living. This can prove even more of a challenge during a pandemic so we have compiled a list of some great products, from low-key to high-tech, that can help make life...
Feb 2, 2021 | Dementia News
Talking to children about dementia is hard, particularly if a close family member is involved. Children are incredibly perceptive when it comes to a change of atmosphere, especially if it involves adult distress or anxiety, and without some careful and clear talking...
Jan 31, 2021 | Dementia News
Finding new activities to do at home is a great way to deal with the boredom and monotony of staying home for a prolonged period of time. If your daily lockdown routine has become a bit staid and you’re keen to shake it up a bit – then why not boost your brain...
Jan 29, 2021 | Dementia News
As we know dementia can affect memory, language, thinking skills, attention span, and perception. The loss of these functions can sometimes prove a challenge to eating and maintaining nutrition. Whilst we are in lockdown our previous routines may have altered or in...
Jan 27, 2021 | Dementia News
Dementia UK have put together a list of films that are particularly suited to someone living with dementia. The list focuses around films which have music, interactivity and simple plotlines at their heart. Mama Mia, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, South...
Jan 25, 2021 | Dementia News
Caring for a loved one with dementia can bring a number of challenges every day and those challenges are heightened enormously because of the limits coronavirus has placed on our day to day existence. Along with the anxiety caused by what is going on in the world at...
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