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Become a Dementia Friend
Former_MSE_Wendy
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The Alzheimer's Society is looking for a million Dementia Friends in England and what better time to sign up than during Dementia Awareness Week.
The short video or local information sessions will help you learn how to spot the signs of dementia - which can include struggling with finances - and how to care for friends and family if they have the disease.
Have you or a family member been affected by dementia? Share you stories to help others below.
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The short video or local information sessions will help you learn how to spot the signs of dementia - which can include struggling with finances - and how to care for friends and family if they have the disease.
It's open to anyone of any age, find out more on the Dementia Friends site.
Have you or a family member been affected by dementia? Share you stories to help others below.
If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our Forum Intro Guide
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Dementia is such a misunderstood condition. There are so many diseases that cause it. Great to see its profile and awareness being raised in such a positive way. My father has early onset. There's a fabulous article in the Independent today about a woman diagnosed at 48 ( May 2014) - that really strikes a chord. I can't post a link but please check it out. Very honest and heartfelt0
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It's a government initiative to recruit a million dementia buddies. While I accept that there are many causes of dementia, the government's concern will no doubt have arisen after their consultants advised them of the consequences of mobile phone (and wi-fi) usage, and the fallacy of putting ingredients such as Aspartame in the food supply.0
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Tony Husband's pictorial story of his father's dementia is very moving -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2623800/The-saddest-goodbye-Endless-words-written-dementia-But-ANY-match-poignancy-cartoonist-Tony-Husbands-account-watching-steal-away-father.html
Mum was well on her way down this path when she died; Dad didn't get quite so far. It's so sad to see the personality fading away while the person is still there in front of you.0 -
Let's hope the government start funding this area more. My husband is a Geriatrician and despite seeing the trauma of dementia he believes it has been swept under the carpet. He says it 'isn't a sexy topic' strokes however have been given so much money in the last 5+ years. There is a major problem when a wandering dementia patient needs to be admitted to an acute hospital for medical treatment, these are not secure wards and patients can wander off but if he asks for a one to one nurse to ensure his patient's safety they say there isn't the money.0
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Let's hope the government start funding this area more. My husband is a Geriatrician and despite seeing the trauma of dementia he believes it has been swept under the carpet. He says it 'isn't a sexy topic' strokes however have been given so much money in the last 5+ years. There is a major problem when a wandering dementia patient needs to be admitted to an acute hospital for medical treatment, these are not secure wards and patients can wander off but if he asks for a one to one nurse to ensure his patient's safety they say there isn't the money.
I had problems like this when Mum was in hospital. She wasn't wandering but, for example, the nurses would give her tablets and not watch to make sure she took them. Hours later the tablets were still there on her cupboard because as soon as the nurse moved on, Mum forgot that she was meant to take them.0 -
My Father had Alzheimer's for several years before he passed away in 2003 during this time my Mother cared for him best she could and I contributed as well after work, but my Mother was deaf and in the beginning she wouldn't hear my Father go out the front door and wonder off somewhere, it would cause panic as I would have to leave work or drop whatever I was doing to go and find him, he wouldn't get very far as he was very slow on his feet so we had to make sure the front door was always locked. My point I'd like to make is that one of the times he went wandering we had to call the police because we couldn't find him in the area, then a few hours later they called me to say he was found wandering around the co-op supermarket which was several hundred yards away! how he got there we will never know, however it was a lady who worked in the store that noticed my Father was wondering around in a confused state with his slippers on and an opened shirt on a very cold day, she started to talk to him, but he couldn't say who he was or where he lived it was then she called the Police who in turn called us. It would be wonderful if staff in all shops and public places could be made aware that there might just be someone like my Father in there place of work and what to do. A few years after my Father passed away my Mother was diagnosed with Dementia, she died in 2007. It is very sad to see these strong, caring and very loving parents 'disappear' and become shells.0
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The message needs to get out there, so we do look out for vulnerable people; that this happens to people from all walks of life. It is so heartbreaking when you know what the person has achieved in their life maybe working in a very high powered job and also a pacifist who turns into an aggressive person who can't even dress themselves.
My thoughts go out to anyone caring for a relative with this condition or those that have made that hard decision that for their best interests they need a specialist home.
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my dear dad passed away 2 years ago with vascular dementia, he never lost the twinkle in his eye but his personality changed dramatically and he would have been devastated if he had known what he became at the end. A cruel disease which needs lots more funding for research, lets hope the £10million latitude funding goes this way. Id love to become a dementia friend as im aware of how frustrating it can be for families.0
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I wish someone would become my husbands dementia friend, he is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and also has terminal liver cancer. All of a sudden we have become invisible, people that would in the past stop and have a chat now pass without even a glance.0
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I wish someone would become my husbands dementia friend, he is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and also has terminal liver cancer. All of a sudden we have become invisible, people that would in the past stop and have a chat now pass without even a glance.
This is awful. I've a got a relative going through this - they are a couple who have helped so many people throughout their lives and, now that he has dementia, people cross the road to avoid talking to them.0
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