I never thought I'd be writing this, but this post is my 200th on D4Dementia! What began as a modest blog with an ambition to share s...

Earlier this month I found myself in the honoured position of being a judge for a care awards event. As judges we had six categories to revi...

This morning I spoke at a conference on the importance of knowing the person. My audience was predominately social care providers. My remit ...

We talk A LOT in dementia care about how dementia changes a person. Often it's distilled down into very negative language, and bracketed...

Hearing is one of the senses that I believe many people take for granted. I think the general assumption most of us make is that we are hear...

When you consider the experience of living with dementia, I think it’s fair to say that if you are a wealthy person living in a leafy, afflu...

One of the loveliest aspects of becoming a parent has been taking our daughter on various trips to meet her extended family. On one such tri...