3 tips for newly diagnosed patients

  1. From now on don’t worry, stay with what you already know and love.
  2. Appoint the person you most trust as your advocate and ask them to read Contented Dementia by Oliver James while you get on with your life
  3. Forget all about the diagnosis, you are very good at forgetting now, so use this skill to forget about the diagnosis of dementia and get on with enjoying your life once more

 

 

3 commandments for carers

  1. Don’t ask questions
  2. Learn from them as the experts on their disability
  3. Always agree with everything they say, never interrupting them

 

 

More information about this approach

SPECAL www.specal.co.uk 

Alzheimer's Disease Society http://alzheimers.org.uk