When someone you love has dementia
Two things tend to happen at once.
The conversations get harder. The repeated questions, the moments where you lose patience and feel bad about losing patience, the small daily decisions you didn't expect to have to make. The practical weight of caring for someone whose brain is changing.
And the relationship starts changing too. You begin to grieve them while they are still here. This is called anticipatory grief. It is the loss that runs alongside the love and the ordinary Sunday afternoon. Most women carrying it have nowhere to put it.
This is where I work. On both halves of it. The conversations, and the grief that runs underneath.
I work with daughters, sons, siblings, couples, anyone who loves someone with dementia and wants to do it without losing themselves along the way.
The Dementia Daughter Session
A 90-minute 1:1 session, online, tailored to your parent's specific presentation and to you.
We'll explore why certain questions shut things down, how to talk in ways that don't rely on memory, what's happening neurologically and why it matters practically, how your own nervous system responds in these moments, and how to meet your parent in their reality without losing yourself in the process. There is also room in the session for the grief, if grief is what's there.
You'll leave with clearer ways to communicate, practical tools you can use straight away, somewhere to put what you have been carrying, and often a different relationship to the guilt.
£90
Once you’ve chosen a time, using this link I’ll email you with payment details and a short intake form. Your session is confirmed as soon as payment is received.
Other ways I can help
Some families need more than one session. Some want support across a sibling group. Some are facing a specific decision; a care home move, a diagnosis conversation, a change in behaviour they don't know how to respond to. And sometimes what's most needed is simply someone who knows the dementia support landscape well enough to cut through the confusion and point you towards the right help in your area. Employers sometimes fund this support too, for staff who are managing caring responsibilities alongside work.
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“Laura helped me and my siblings see what was really going on with dad and how to respond in ways that actually helped all of us."
— Lisa