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Dementia is a progressive condition
but if you can get out
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and can do positive things
it can slow down the progression
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but it also helps the carers
for their mental well-being as well.
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In a way I think it's probably the carers
who get as much, if not more, out of it
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than the person with dementia
because it can be very, very isolating.
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Terry's mobility is not as it was
and so we wouldn't be doing the walks
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and we wouldn't have the interaction
with other people and that's the main thing
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that's certainly helped Terry.
I find that this
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facility has
kicked me into being
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more sociable
and more outgoing.
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When Harry was first diagnosed
with Alzheimer's disease you tend to feel
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a bit isolated as though you're
the only one with that,
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and when Cherry got in touch with us and said
would you like to have a look at
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the list of activities that's available
in the area as it might help you
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that's how we got involved with her,
she was so nice and made us very welcome.
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To be able to come out and
have a conversation about
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anything or nothing
that's what this group is about
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and all the groups that we run.
It s about being able to provide that.
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I think the future is to continue
listening to what carers and
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the person with dementia want,
to make sure that we continue
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developing services that the people
themselves want, not what somebody who's
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holding the budget thinks.
Because if we are delivering what the
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carers and the person wants
then we'll get it right.