Our advice for people with dementia and their families, regarding the coronavirus, from our dementia specialist Admiral Nurses...
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Breaking difficult news to a person with dementia
Breaking bad news to a person with dementia can be especially hard, as they may struggle to understand, or to retain the information. Here's our advice...
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Meaningful activities part two: Physical exercise
Physical exercise is important for families with dementia during coronavirus isolation - here's the best way to achieve this...
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Meaningful activities for a person with dementia while in isolation
Head of Research and Publications at Dementia UK, Dr. Karen Harrison Dening, introduces this series of blog posts pointing to why meaningful activities are so ...
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Mental Health Awareness Week
This Mental Health Awareness Week Consultant Admiral Nurse, Sharron Tolman, puts forward her mental wellbeing tips for family carers and people with dementia...
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People with dementia more likely to die from Coronavirus – our response
Here's our response to the recent ONS statistics pointing to the harrowing number of care home deaths, with people with dementia more likely to die from ...
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Our Worcestershire based advocate, Helen Fowler, gives her tips and advice on maintaining positivity during isolation
Our Volunteer Ambassador, Helen Fowler, gives her tips and advice on maintaining positivity during the Coronavirus lockdown...
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Dementia UK joins call to urge political leaders to act as Coronavirus poverty crisis places ‘intolerable pressure’ on carers
We are issuing an urgent plea for politicians across the UK to act to protect carers from a growing poverty crisis...
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NDDH’s Admiral Nurse going ‘over and above’ to support families affected by dementia during the coronavirus crisis
North Devon’s Admiral Nurse, Angela, wants families affected by dementia all across the area to know that she is working hard to make sure they have the ...
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An update on our campaigning work during the Coronavirus pandemic
We are hearing from many family carers who are vulnerable, worried and without access to the support that they need during these challenging times...
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