My family knows that this is not strictly true. However, music plays an important part in most people’s lives. It allows us to remember the happy and sad times.

We used to love to go to rock concerts; loud and bright lights. Neither of which I could cope with now. The dogs would say thankfully I now listen to the same music but a lot quieter.

Amazon echo is great as I can change tunes without moving. I (skim) read whilst listening, as I couldn’t do anything harder. I would love to be able to do something like Tai Chi, but the concentration would overload my senses.

I have lovely memories associated with music; actually being at Live Aid, numerous Runrig concerts and other concerts too many to mention.so I think it is only fitting that when my ashes are scattered to the four winds that I go out with a (very) loud last blast of the past.

More and more people are being diagnosed earlier with dementia due to better diagnostic tests and better understanding. Society still sees dementia as the old person sat in a corner. This has never been the case, as it obviously starts earlier but was often misdiagnosed, or put down to general ageing.

Now we are being diagnosed earlier we are able to explain what it is like and our wishes as towards care. I want this blog to be used by those of us with dementia to tell others what we think and for others to understand what is best for us from our own voices.