Dementia doesn't stop being hard because nobody's talking about it. It just gets harder, quietly, for the families going through it alone. Our mission is to change that — for people newly diagnosed, for the families supporting them, and for everyone still to come.
Talk Openly About Dementia
Dementia carries a stigma that stops people asking for help until they're desperate. We talk about it plainly — the good days and the brutal ones — because silence is what leaves families isolated in the first place. The more openly we talk, the sooner the next family finds us.
Support Families Impacted by Dementia
Dementia doesn't just impact the person diagnosed. There are sons doing school runs, working and caring for their mum. There are daughters who are having the same conversation with their dad five times a day. Their are partners grieving someone who's still in the room. We build support around the whole family, not just the diagnosis.
Nurture Strong Local Communities
We build spaces — online and in person — where families can find each other, swap what's actually worked, and stop feeling like the only ones going through it.
There's More to Come From Dementia Life
Talking, supporting, and building community are only part of this. We're also turning what families tell us into evidence — through things like the Family Impact Study — and using it to push for the policy change that no single family can win alone. That work is still taking shape. Keep checking back to see where we are with it.
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Talking Openly About Dementia
Dementia Life Articles
The Good Day Bad Day Cycle: Good Days and Bad Days With Dementia
There are four cycles we talk about at Dementia Life. The Diagnostic Cycle. The Exhaustion Cycle. The Grief Cycle. And this one — the one that, in some ways, is the most quietly cruel. The Good Day...
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The Dementia Grief Cycle: When Grief Doesn't Start or End Cleanly
We talk about cycles in dementia. The Diagnostic Cycle. The Exhaustion Cycle. The cycle of good days and bad ones. But the one that catches people most off guard — the one that keeps coming back — ...
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The Diagnostic Cycle: Getting a Dementia Diagnosis in the UK
Before a dementia diagnosis, there's a period that nobody prepares you for. It doesn't have a name. Nobody documents it in clinical terms. But if you've been through it, you know exactly what it fe...
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