Eric Batten

“I feel very isolated. I have found that I have now experienced a long period of demotivation in which my identity has been under attack”

“I’ve ritualised the process of making tea and taking my medication together”

“As a carer you need to accept your own vulnerability and look after yourself.”

“Language and dementia doesn’t get to me, except for my intolerance for commercial headlines. I don’t give a damn!”

“We need to increase everyone’s individual capacity to care via understanding”

“We need to get people thinking and wondering about these issues. Carers are given such a low status, but it’s such a high skill!”