CARER STORIES
Carers share their stories, and their insights into the roller coaster ride of being a dementia carer, family member or friend.
Out of the abyss of despair
‘Gradually, I began to rediscover the
old me; the positive, optimistic me’
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The roller-coaster ride of being a carer
‘I needed to turn a negative into something positive’
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My Hero Award for my Grandad
‘It seems like he doesn't care anymore... but I know that's not the case’ READ MORE...
'Going with the flow – there is no 'right way'
‘I never thought he 'wasn't there' – that was just him now’
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Learning to ‘play office’
‘I was genuinely interested in what he might be going to say’
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This is Life with Alzheimer's
‘How Am I? How can anyone answer that questions or really understand . .'
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FELT LIKE 'A BIT OF A GOOSE'
'In fact, I remember thinking: ‘that was it, I was cactus’.'