Hello, welcome to another moment of clarity. Today I want to talk about something that does not get spoken about enough. Not the big dramatic moments of caregiving, but the quiet, grinding ones. The ones that happen in the middle of an ordinary afternoon and leave you standing in a doorway feeling completely lost. I am talking about the moment your person says no. No to eating. No to drinking. No to washing. No to the medication they have taken every day for years. And you ar

Hello, and welcome to another moment of clarity. Some weeks remind me just how quickly things can change. One day feels calm and familiar, and the next feels unsettled from the moment it begins. This has been one of those weeks for us. When someone you love is living with dementia, there are days that feel steady and manageable. And there are days when anxiety rises quickly, restlessness takes over, or nothing seems to soothe them. Mum has had one of those weeks where every d