This is the title of my latest post. It lists links to other posts which discuss positive and even inspirational things I’ve come across in my search:
http://adventureswithdementia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/beacons-of-hope.html
My wife has a 'condition'. Many people who have to have labels would say she has dementia. She first attended a memory clinic in 2000, aged 52, and has suffered a marked decline recently.
We have been trying to follow the advice of our Guru: 'Live a Good Life'. It's not easy but there doesn't seem to be any better advice around.
I found myself saying to a friend that I would find my wife's condition very interesting if I wasn't so involved. I've realised now that I do find it, and the issues it raises, interesting. And that there's nothing wrong with that. It's one of the things that keeps me going. Not that I have any choice.
I think more and more that I'm a very rational person (though I'm not claiming that I always behave rationally). I have to try and make sense of things. In my current situation, this is quite a challenge. We all need challenges, they say.
I'm hoping this blog might help me, and maybe others, in some way. If I'm wrong, it won't last very long.