When they don’t recognize you anymore: Dementia study looks at loved ones’ responses

When they don’t recognize you anymore: Dementia study looks at loved ones’ responses

Society has no way to acknowledge the transition when “a person is physically present but psychologically absent,” a family therapist said. There is “no death certificate, no ritual where friends and neighbors come sit with you and comfort you.”

Alastair Stewart: My long-term memory remains intact but symptoms of dementia show up in a more subtle way

A high point of the week, which started, as they often do, with a phone call out of the blue. Friends who know of my dementia diagnosis are often cautious in testing if I remember them. I normally do, as my long-term memory remains pretty well intact. Finding where I left the telephone or a pen and notepad to take notes is often a greater challenge!.Some voices are more distinctive and memorable than others. So, when I answered the phone on East…

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In Other Words – The Studio - North West End UK

When your partner is diagnosed with a life-changing illness, your shared history becomes a prologue. At first, nothing tangible changes between you. But at that moment, you each gain a new identity within your relationship. They are the patient, and you are the carer. And the future you had planned together is revealed as a mirage. As the audience enters, Jane (Lydia White) and Arthur (Matthew Seager) are falling in love. They sit beside each ot…

‘I thought husband was drinking too much – now he’s fighting dementia aged 46’

A mother was left stunned when her 46-year-old husband was diagnosed with dementia having initially suspecting his sudden change in behaviour was due to excessive drinking. Louise Cronin, 46, has been with her husband Jason since they were teenagers, and described him as her “soulmate” who is known for his sense of humour and kindness. However, she suddenly witnessed a drastic transformation in his personality and behaviour, leaving him a “shell…

Caregivers: Seek help navigating dementia before a crisis