In DEEPER conversations, people with dementia discuss a range of knotty issues that affect their lives. Many of these issues are often glossed-over, or rarely discussed, and can raise some strong emotions and challenging ideas.There will be 12 podcasts in this series, which is bought to you by Innovations in Dementia CIC, and the DEEP Network. Each topic for discussion has been chosen by people with dementia themselves.www.innovationsindementia.org.ukwww.dementiavoices.org.uk
The theme for this DEEPER Conversation is Letting Go…….
There is so much evidence for the benefits of staying active and connected, especially for people with dementia.
People often talk about the impo…
Dementia is frequently described in terms of loss, loss of memory, loss of skills, of independence, loss of status, loss of ‘self’.
It’s a bleak picture
But is that the only story? Some have described…
People with dementia are much more likely to be consulted on a range of issues than they have been in the past.
This is a sea-change for a group who were historically marginalised. If the experience o…
In this episode people with dementia talk about loneliness. Especially the loneliness that dementia can sometimes bring, to a varying degree and for a variety of reasons.
People talk about their expe…
In this episode people with dementia share their thoughts about the future. Many of those taking part already find themselves in a very different place than they were expecting to be when they first …
Dementia may be life-changing, but does that mean it needs to be life-ending?
There remains a common threat in public perception that a diagnosis of dementia means that life is over. Some people with …
Once you've met one person with dementia, you've met one person with dementia.......this might sound like a truism, but it speaks to the very real phenomenon of labelling.
Many people with dementia te…