This year is the eightieth anniversary of the foundation of Methodist Homes, now MHA, spawned by the idea and passion of Reverend Walter...

I know very little about Bruce Willis and his claims to fame, but I have learned that he is living with Fronto-Temporal Dementia. The...

I was fascinated to read the article drawing attention to the increase in life expectation amongst old people fortunate enough to find...

My friend Will died this morning. We met when I was 11 and he 12. He was already Patrol Leader of The Panthers – Wolverhampton 15th scout...

An ever popular session when we were able to muster a fair number of people to meet in person for Dementia Conversations, was one...

The front page headline in the Guardian 27.4.23: ‘UK ‘close to new era of dementia treatment’ caused me raised eyebrows – and reading...

It was a relief, after raging for days, to find that the Swedish government has intervened to require at least a hesitation in the case...

Swedish police are pressing for the deportation of Kathleen Poole, a 74 year old British woman with advanced dementia. She has lived in...

The headlines from Robert Booth and Michael Goodier on Friday March 24th read: ‘Councils spend £500m on beds in the worst care homes’...

Allelujah, the film, came to Altrincham this week. We went along. We had learned about it via the Guardian article by Catherine Shoard...

We read that the government has reviewed the actual cost – fair price – which is needed to provide appropriate care for residents of...

I have been re-reading Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee. I first read it and watched a TV version in the 1970s. It has been part of me...

I have just read: ‘What you really want to know about life with dementia’. It is a recent publication from Dementia UK, authored/edited...

Catherine Shoard wrote an article in G2 of the Guardian last week, notionally drawing attention to a forthcoming film based on Alan...

Evidence from A and E departments shows that older people are left waiting for attention much longer than younger people: Elderly people...

An article in the newspapers this past week, draws attention to a massive and important study from China: Six lifestyle choices to slow...

There was quite a lot in the main newspapers this past week, relevant to people with dementia and those who try to be helpful to them. We...

There were two stories in the newspapers this week centred on the conditions and provision of care for people with the greatest needs and...

It was instructive to read the stories of the twenty three 97 year olds who were chosen from the 80 survivors of a cohort of over a...

Our daughter has read all the books at least once and often more, but for me it is the TV versions of Poirot and Miss Marple which...