Making the person safe at home

Jul 23, 2017 | Advice

If your loved one lives alone, it’s going to take some foresight to ensure they remain safe at home. They may still be independent but their needs will increase over time and they may already need help with certain tasks. Try to identify what the person currently...

When a person with dementia can no longer live alone

Jul 16, 2017 | Advice, Planning

Dementia is a progressive disease and there will come a time when it is no longer safe or practical for the person be alone. You may have already accepted that this is inevitable, and you may already be considering the next best step. Christina Neal has some...

How children can help a person with dementia

Jul 15, 2017 | Advice

Children have a valuable role to play in helping a person with dementia – bringing comfort to the person and a calming effect. Derek Fisher suggests nine ways children can help a loved one with dementia. 1. A person with dementia sees a child as a friend. Children of...

No one should face dementia alone

Jul 9, 2017 | Advice

Dementia can be a very lonely experience not only for the person living with it but for those around them, writes Derek Fisher.  This became apparent to me when I realised that my father had early signs of Alzheimer’s and I did not know then what I know now. This is a...

Why make an advance decision?

Jul 4, 2017 | Planning

Known as an Advance Directive, an Advance Decision is a legally binding document, which outlines what treatment and end-of-life care a person would like to receive in future, when they are no longer able to express or communicate what treatment they would like. It’s...