On dementia, we need to tell it how it is | Letter
I looked at the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project language guide for journalists highlighted in the letter.
I looked at the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project language guide for journalists highlighted in the letter.
It gives a list of words and descriptions to avoid, including “dementia sufferer”, and lists alternative phrases to be used as “person/people with dementia”, “person/people living with dementia” or “person/people living well with dementia”.
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