Together apart: A guide to visiting from a distance
Healthy relationships with family, friends and colleagues are important for everyone’s well-being. Changes that occur with dementia can strain these relationships and cause confusion and misunderstanding. Here's help to cope.
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Healthy relationships with family, friends and colleagues are important for everyone’s well-being. The changes that occur with dementia can strain these relationships and cause confusion and misunderstanding. This section guides people with dementia, their caregivers, family and health-care professionals in ways to cope with these changes and stay connected at the same time.
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Visiting someone with dementia (courtesy of Oxford Alzheimer Society)
Friends, neighbours and extended family are important sources of support for the family.