Many people living with dementia experience acquired hearing loss and the presence of both these conditions can create challenges. However, it is possible to live well with both hearing loss and dementia. This article looks at physical interventions to manage ..

Many people living with dementia experience acquired hearing loss and the presence of both conditions can create challenges. However, it is possible to live well with both conditions. This article looks at helpful communication strategies. Assessment It is important to ..

Introduction About 1 in 7  people in the UK live with hearing loss. The experience of hearing loss varies from person to person, depending on when it happens, why it happens, and its severity. Some people struggle with listening and ..

What to do when someone experiences sundowning?  Sundowning, as I had mentioned in my previous blog, could be caused and triggered by multiple factors and these are different for every person. It therefore makes sense that a multidimensional approach should ..

Sundowning, when people living with dementia became confused and agitated, was originally thought to be due to the sun setting. But we now know it’s not that simple. Sundowning is not just to do with the act of the sun ..

This article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the care at home sector, an extension from my previous blog that covered residential care homes.  Care at home responsibility falls on informal carers (i.e. family carers) and domiciliary care ..