Dory has some words of advice for those wanting to consult with people with dementia. Communication is everything. Nice one Dory.

Hi, this is Dory! Uhm, I’d just like to do a diary about- I was just going through my emails and I came across one that was sent to me on the 16th of December. Uhm, it was asking for my input on some research and product, I can’t- I can’t really remember now. Uhm, but it was sent on the 16th of December, so I replied I would like to be involved in that and it was for the 7th of January. Now this is the 16th of December, so I did say to them, could they please email a reminder nearer to the time and they said they would. So on my calendar- it only ran to the end of December, cause some go into January- so I wrote it at the end of the calendar, thinking that when I get a new one, I’ll transfer the date over. But, uhm, I forgot to get a new one, well with the lockdown I couldn’t get out and usually people buy you, well my family, usually buy me one for Christmas, but uhm I didn’t get one. And so I threw that calendar out because I’d just forgot all about it, and then I got a reminder to say that the thing, the Zoom, was for the 7th of January. I’d completely forgot, and I got a reminder on the evening of the 6th of December. Well, unfortunately I’d already made other arangements then to go out with my daughter, so I had to miss it. So, you don’t, when you say nearer the time, please, other -Deep are very good, and Innovations of Dementia and Dementia Diaries, they always send a week before and then again the day before- but uhm when I say nearer the time, not the evening before, because then that’s too late. Okay, thank you!