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Real stories Home visits can help to maintain eye care for a person with dementia Continued eye care can be a challenge as someone’s dementia progresses, but it’s important for wellbeing and quality of life. Continued eye care can be a challenge as someone’s dementia progresses, but it’s important for wellbeing and quality of life. ... 01 February 2023
Information Supporting a person with dementia who’s experiencing vision and perception problems Ways to approach helping a person with dementia who is mistaking what they’re seeing for something else. Ways to approach helping a person with dementia who is mistaking what they’re seeing for something else. ... 01 June 2022
Information Tag: Information. Changes in perception - useful organisations Get details of more organisations who can help with advice on changes in perception for people living with dementia. Read more
Information Tag: Information. Hallucinations and dementia Dementia may cause a person to have hallucinations or see things that aren't there. This is most common in people living with dementia with Lewy bodies, although other types of dementia may also cause hallucinations. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. How can dementia change a person's perception? People with dementia experience changes in how they perceive things. This includes misperceptions and misidentifications, hallucinations, delusions and time-shifting. Read more
Information Booklets about sensory changes and supporting a deaf person, and new films featuring dementia New, useful and interesting dementia resources. New, useful and interesting dementia resources. ... 01 February 2021
Information Tag: Information. Communicating and dementia – useful organisations Here are other useful organisations that can provide more information and support about good communication with a person with dementia. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Sight and hearing loss with dementia Sight and hearing loss are both more common as you get older. For a person with dementia, this can cause extra problems, such as confusion about what's happening around them and problems with communication. Read more
Information Tag: Information. Dementia, sensory impairment and communicating Many people with dementia will have hearing loss, sight loss or both. You might find the tips for communicating helpful. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Other health professionals You may see other health professionals in your home, a care home or in hospital. These professionals provide help with specific areas of physical health listed in this section. Read more
Real stories ‘Mirror reflections cause confusion for my mum with dementia’ For Lickety Glitz's mom, who lives with dementia, window and mirror reflections have been a source of confusion. Read her story, which she describes as 'grounded in the joy of being Mom’s caregiver'. For Lickety Glitz's mom, who lives with dementia, window and mirror reflections have been a source of confusion. Read her story, which she describes as 'grounded in the joy of being Mom’s caregiver'. ... 27 March 2018
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