How Dementia Changes Family Relationships — And What You Can Do About It

Family Ties When a dementia diagnosis arrives, it doesn’t just change the person it belongs to. It changes everyone around them. It lands in the middle of a family and rearranges everything. The r...

There Are No Expectations When a Friend Has Dementia

  Do you remember your best friend from primary school? What about your other friends from that time, or those you had in your first year in senior school? Or what about who you go see now, with t...

Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive: The Hidden Grief of Dementia

  Everyday Grief Nobody prepares you for this kind of grief. The grief most of us understand has a beginning and an end. There’s a loss, there’s a funeral, there’s a period of mourning, and then — ...

Connecting With Someone Who Has Dementia: Finding Joy When Memory Fades

  Finding Joy When Memory Fades There’s a quote that I come back to again and again, from a woman called Naomi Feil, who dedicated her life to understanding dementia. Her work is certainly worth a ...

Becoming a Carer for a Parent With Dementia: When Your Role Changes Forever

Changing Roles There’s a moment, and I think most people in our group can pinpoint it, where you realise you’ve stopped being just yourself. You’re not just a son or a daughter or a partner anymore...

What Is Dementia Really Like? The Dark Ages Nobody Talks About

The Dementia Dark Ages I know my mum is hyper aware of what’s happening to her. She’s in a really awkward stage in a dementia diagnosis, that I’m sure most families will go through, where my mum kn...

Mother’s Day When Your Mum Has Dementia: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

What To Say on Mother's Day It’s currently 8.11am on Mother’s Day morning. I’ve got Match of the Day on and I’m on the sofa writing the words you’re reading now. If I’m honest, I’ve been dreading t...

Dementia and Boredom: How a TV Show Changed Everything

  Those that have been keeping up to date with the latest blogs from Dementia Life will know that I moved my office into my parents’ dining room a few weeks ago. It was a decision that meant that I...

Coping With a Parent’s Dementia Diagnosis: The Grief Nobody Warns You About

Dementia Isn't Fair  Nothing about dementia is fair. We all used to be lambasted as children for saying “it’s not fair.” And now, here I am at 30 years old, wanting to scream it at the top of my v...

Dementia Support Group for Families: Why Dementia Life Exists

Why We Exist After a family member is diagnosed with dementia, the overwhelming sense of abandonment and isolation is a common experience. You leave the hospital with a handful of leaflets and a bu...

No Support After Dementia Diagnosis? You’re Not Alone

The Support We Crave A year before founding Dementia Life, my mother was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s. The support available for families like ours was, frankly, disappointing. This fuell...

How Many Families Are Affected by Dementia in the UK? The Ripple Effect

As of 2026, there are estimated to be around one million individuals in the UK diagnosed with dementia. A number projected to surge to 1.4 million by 2040 and to exceed 2 million by 2050. These fig...