Living Well, Even With Alzheimer’s

Many people have the idea that Alzheimer’s disease is a one-way street to inexorable decline, but patients can remain active and engaged.

By Gayatri Devi Nov. 3, 2017 9:46 a.m. ET

Seven years ago, Joe, a 73-year-old man with a patrician bearing, came to see me at my Manhattan office with his stylish wife and their grown daughter. (I’ve changed his name to protect his privacy.) Read the full article here…

Via David Kramer (thanks David!)

I just found this post in my drafts folder, having completely forgotten it was there!

It’s a great read, and whilst I’m not a big fan of the term ‘Living well with dementia’ I do know it’s possible to live a better life than patients are told to expect when diagnosed.

When we advance to late stage dementia, or cancer, or MND, or life, it’s not always much fun and almost always involves significant suffering. But as I wrote many years ago, why live like that now.

Published by Kate Swaffer (she/her) Kaurna Country

Striving to be a better person, to be kind, and to leave the world a better place. Living and working on Kaurna Country. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Friend. Author; Researcher; Humanitarian; International Speaker. My work includes research and campaigning for human rights for all, for dementia as a disability, and for rehabilitation for all people with dementia. I've been very active globally in the new narrative of dementia, and my research now also includes a focus on the need for redress for abuse, violence and neglect in aged and dementia care, and dementia to be managed as a condition causing disability. @KateSwaffer https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-swaffer Co-founder, Dementia Alliance International @DementiaAllianc About DAI: www.infodai.org Join: www.joindai.org View more posts