The Dementia Care Guide to Finding Them Again
There is something that everyone who cares for a person with dementia eventually discovers. The person is still there. Not lost. Not gone. Still there, behind something that the disease has placed between them and the world they used to navigate freely. A moment of music, a familiar photograph, the smell of something once loved, a hand held in a garden on a warm afternoon — any of these can reach through. Briefly, sometimes longer than you expected. Enough, on a good day, to remind you both of who you are to each other.
This section is a collection of the things that can do that. Some you will already have at home. Some can be made from very little. Some are worth buying, and where that is the case, we have made it as easy as possible. Every item here was researched and considered during the writing of the book Dementia Care: Finding Them Again , and the thinking behind each one goes deeper in its pages. You will find a link to the book and details of how to get a copy at the foot of this page.
For each item, we suggest products available on Amazon. We chose Amazon for one reason: most of us already have an account there, which makes buying straightforward, and everything arrives quickly. The links are affiliate links, which means the site earns a small commission on any purchase made through them. It does not cost you a penny more than the standard price, and it is how we pay for the running and upkeep of this site. We mention this because you deserve to know, and because it changes nothing about which products we recommend. We point you only to things we believe are genuinely useful.
None of this is a shopping list. You are never required to buy anything. The guide works just as well without it.
Dementia care gifts that help
The Thoughtful Gift That Makes a Difficult Day Easier
The things that make the greatest difference to someone living with dementia are rarely the most obvious ones. They are the things that ease the day — that give a carer a moment to breathe, or give the person they care for a moment of calm or quiet joy. Every item here was chosen because it works, and because it reduces stress for everyone in the room.
