Personal Experiences of living with dementia

25/02/2011		: British broadcaster speaks about dementia and calls for greater priority for research funding of dementia
01/01/2011		James McKillop to become a Member of the British Empire (MBE)
05/11/2010		Honorary Degree awarded to Peter Ashley in recognition of services to dementia
04/10/2010		Sir Norman Wisdom’s children talk about their experience of his having dementia
02/08/2010		Footballer talks of his father’s dementia

Personal accounts of living with dementia can be an invaluable support to people with dementia and give insight to all who work in this area. The Dementia in Europe magazine runs a regular article on living with dementia, in which we hear about people's experience from different countries around Europe.

In this section we have contributions from and/or summaries of literature about people's experiences of living with dementia including:

• (April 2010) A carer from Spain describes his experience of caring for his wife who had dementia
• (December 2009) Hasse and Birgitta Hansson describe their experience of living with dementia in Sweden
• (October 2009)A book by Laila Lanes, the wife of ex-Norwegian Fisheries Minister, Jan Henry Olsen who has Alzheimer's disease. Ms Lanes has written a book about their experience of living with dementia.
• (October 2009)Thirty carers of people with dementia who have contributed to the book "Tales About Dementia: Experiences of Caring".
• (May 2009)Stewart Cooper, who describes his life with Alzheimer's disease in his adopted country of Luxembourg.
• (December 2008) Roger Newman, co-founder of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Support Group of the Alzheimer's Society, talks about what can be done to ensure that real and inclusion and diversity be achieved