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By Philly Hare, Co-Director Innovations in Dementia CIC During this current difficult period, many thousands of people will be ‘doing their bit’ by supporting their fellow citizens in their local communities. Some of them will be coming into contact with people with...

Hi, I’m Meghan, a Dementia Adviser for our telephone support service at Dementia Connect. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of so many people, all over the country and all over the world. This has caused a dramatic change in routine for many of us and, here...

By Zoe Harris, carer for her late husband Geoff who lived with dementia, creator of the Remember-I’m-Me Care Charts, Mycarematters and the My Future Care Handbook. In my household this weekend we’ve been talking about what music we’d like at our respective funerals –...

By Wendy Mitchell I’ve always loved taking photos. Before, when I was trundling around the country, taking photos use to keep me calm on a train, but now it’s part of my daily routine now that we’re in this bubble of strange world. I get very confused if I don’t have...

By Keara O’Connor We all follow daily routines. Often without realising it! From a cup of coffee in bed in the morning, to the time we have our dinner. Routines can be reassuring, reduce anxieties and help give us confidence . They can also help us to make sure we...

By Talking Point Team, Alzheimer's Society In the space of a day, the lockdown announcement dramatically changed everyone’s lives. This time has been particularly challenging for people affected by dementia. On Dementia Talking Point, the online peer support community...

By Steph Tranter When your the world you’ve become accustomed to, suddenly becomes all weird, uncomfortable and uncertain, it can feel like there is nothing you can do about it, that you’re helpless, alone, stuck, or worse, that you’re spinning out of control and...

By Ronald Amanze  Following a Dementia Voice Zoom meeting where everyone was asked for ideas of thing which one could do in this period of social distancing,  I have been motivated to revisit a creative writing project I first shared at an Alzheimer’s society Welcome...

Hello! Welcome to Distancing with Dementia. Thanks for stopping by. This website is an initiative from DCAN - the Dementia Change Action Network.  We've created it to spread an important message for anybody affected by dementia: "You’re not on your own". Even in...