Dementia

This guide is intended to provide information to the family carers of someone who is in the later stages of dementia and may be nearing the last days of life.

This guide aims to provide you with information on how the eating, drinking and swallowing of a person with a dementia may be affected. It includes sections on:

• Memory and concentration
• Coordination
• Swallowing
• Behaviours displayed at mealtimes

This is the summary report of the Speak out for Change engagement exercise carried out by the Neurological Conditions Network. This engagement undertook to ask people’s experiences of living with a neurological condition and caring for someone with a neurological condition. Across the wide range of conditions represented,  the 142 patient experiences gathered to date, have consistently revealed issues around information, choice and control, independence and the emotional impact of neurological conditions.