Tag Archives: memory loss

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 […]

Regression of the Evolved Generation

Regression of the Evolved Generation A courageous, inspiring true story of a parent diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Reg.  This book is about one man’s experience of late onset Alzheimer’s, the impact on his family and the failure of social services to do much to help. It is a family saga seen through the eyes of a […]

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 […]

Raise profile of alzheimer’s disease the right way.

I was reading Fiona Phillips’ message today regarding how fearful she is of developing Alzheimer’s disease. (You can read it here) If she is feeling fearful, I respect that, however, a few years ago now when she was on the TV program where they assessed her and a few other peoples state of health, she said […]

dementia stages

Dementia stages especially in the early stages made me think of a few ideas that helped my dad who was experiencing the early stages of alzheimers disease. I learnt to be quick in my thinking and have a few things up my sleeve that enabled me to interchange quickly. If activity allows: health and fitness […]

What is alzheimers? Seminar- Event

Alzheimer’s disease is like a mental fragmentation of the mind. When do we pay attention to alzheimers you may well wonder. Well from my experience of speaking to folk this week ,people fall into two groups. One are those refuse to acknowledge the disease evens exists, displaying emotional behaviour of anger and irritation, or two, when it […]