Dementia : Time to Act!!!
Every so often as a nurse, I am invited to events that genuinely, and unexpectedly move me. They make me happy, sad, and also, quite angry. Yesterday was one of those occasions. Yesterday, I was asked to educate a group of people about the NHS 111 Service to a “Dementia Cafe” in Ealing. Presenting is something that I have no problem with, and so I went along. The Dementia Cafe is set up by the charity Dementia Concern, who organise an evening where people with dementia, as well as their carers and loved ones are invited to come together to talk, to share stories, and to have an evening out. For some, it is just simply an occasion to ‘get out of the house’. Me talking was just a tiny part in the middle of their evening whilst coffee, tea (and wine!) was being served. The evening was fantastic, they had a brilliant entertainer singing and getting everyone up dancing, and forgetting their troubles, and watching people come alive to music will live with me forever. That wa