Category Archives: Alzheimer’s disease in Essex

You Don’t Need to Fix the Past to Have a New Future

When you lose someone, who has been affected by Alzheimer’s, coming to terms with the loss and moving on is a huge challenge to say the least. When you have been caring for a person 24/7 it is not until they are no longer present do you realise just how much this whole experience has consumed […]

Did you know about this service in the community?

The Care Co-ordination team What do they do and how can they be use to you when looking after a loved one who is elderly and showing signs of forgetfulness when you are trying to hold down a job and deal with the rest of your family? I am not sure how much of this is […]

Blister Packs- “It’s free” at Morrisons

We all love a bargain and something for free. Its one thing I can see the value in when you are looking after someone with forgetfulness. With a loved one’s medications changing over the course of time it can be quite distressing to have remember when prescribed medication has to be taken. When you are the […]

Care & the Consequences

In the very near future, 1 in 3 people will be affected by dementia in the UK alone and with the shocking impact it has on our own lives, is a future none of us want or would have ever imagined possible. Can you imagine the devastating effects that this can have on your family, […]

Is Alzheimer’s changing your life?

It can be terrifying if someone you love has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The feeling of helplessness, of being out of control and the pain of seeing someone you love slowly disappearing before your own very eyes can leave you wondering how you will cope – and whether you are up to it. There […]

Are you worried about someone’s Memory?

It can be terrifying, …if someone you love has started to show signs of reduce cognitive function, memory loss in other words, maybe showing signs of the onset of dementia or even Alzheimer’s disease. The feeling of helplessness, feeling out of control, and the pain of seeing someone you love slowly disappearing, can leave you […]

DEMENTIA it’s a tough future to accept.

DEMENTIA- it’s a tough future to accept. Having the onset of memory loss is difficult to cope with and manage, even for those of you who have a huge bank of resources. The changes that take place, not only within the person who is affected but also the changes the family unit has to endure, […]

New Article written and published.

Jane Cooper wrote this article for her friend who run the website for the spirit guides. Many people she comes into contact with have asked, ” How do you have so much knowledge?” Well for Jane the author of the Reg Series and who has a clear understanding of what happens when someone you care about […]

Early diagnosis is crucial

I know how difficult it can be to accept, when you can see there is clearly something amiss with mum or dad or grandparents in terms of their memory. As we gradually become the parents and watch them enter into older age and become more confused and agitated, it becomes difficult to know what to […]