STAY ALERT for this special edition of the podcast, with hosts Grace Stead and Peggy Walker. If you can't visit someone with dementia because of coronavirus will they forget you? And how worried should you be if someone you love is in a care ho

10. "It wasn't funny at the time"

Mar 9th, 2020 30m 30s

Grace Stead and Peggy Walker meet another person living well with dementia. Jacqui Bingham is a stroke survivor, and was relieved when she finally got her diagnosis of young onset Alzheimer’s in 2018. Her friend felt differently about the news

9. "Who's looking after you?"

Mar 2nd, 2020 33m 5s

In this episode Grace and Peggy pop round to see Surryia Chauhdry and her husband Khurshid, who has dementia. They met in Pakistan, and now live in Sheffield. They also chat to health worker Nur Ali from @shipshapewell. She talks about the chal

8. "Dementia isn't a mental health condition"

Feb 24th, 2020 29m 42s

Do you know about the risk factors of developing dementia? Smoking, diet, lifestyle and how much alcohol you drink are all thought to play a role. There are always headlines about things that can apparently help prevent dementia, and things th

7. "Know that you’re not alone"

Feb 17th, 2020 25m 37s

Grace and Peggy discuss the reaction to the podcast.In this episode, they hear a surprising admission from a tv legend, and get a shoutout on national radio (Thanks @bbc5live !) If you’ve found this podcast in any way useful, interesting, happy

6. "What's my reality? What's your reality?"

Feb 10th, 2020 30m 57s

Digital voice assistants are already used by lots of people living with dementia. In this episode Grace and Peggy take tech further by trying virtual reality... they also go to stroke a robot cat in Rotherham. The department of computer scien

5. "I can't remember where I live"

Feb 3rd, 2020 24m 2s

Have you ever thought twice about taking someone with dementia to the cinema or theatre? Sheffield Theatres - winner of Regional Theatre of the Year 2020 - put on specially adapted performances to meet the needs of people living with dementia.G

4. "When you're in it, you don't see it"

Jan 27th, 2020 32m 7s

What impact does a dementia diagnosis have on a family? Two brothers from Bolton talk about their Mum who had frontotemporal dementia.Lee and Andrew Pearse work in the dementia department at a city farm in Sheffield. They talk about caring for

3. “It’s very important to live in our world”

Jan 20th, 2020 33m 36s

Wendy Mitchell started blogging when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's when she was 58. Those blogs were turned into a best-selling book, "Somebody I Used to Know", with the help of journalist Anna Wharton.Wendy lives 'happily alon

2. "A part of my brain goes away on holiday"

Jan 20th, 2020 38m 16s

Award-winning actor Vicky McClure, best known for her part in BBC series Line Of Duty, talks about experiencing dementia in her family. She tells Grace and Peggy about her TV documentary series 'Our Dementia Choir,' which shows the power of mus

1. “No one wants dementia, right?”

Jan 20th, 2020 33m 45s

Grace Stead and Peggy Walker discuss their own experiences of caring for someone with dementia. In this first episode they realise how much they have in common, talk about diagnosis and the different things people call their grandparents. They