A-dressing dementia – how clothing can turn into conversations with loved ones living with dementia

...clothing also helped maintain connection and communication by becoming a topic we could use for conversation...

...most people have experienced the “you look lovely today” moment, or “I like the colour of your shirt”, i.e. a response to something we have worn.

Drumming up memories

...out of the blue, he picked up a set of claves and started playing them on a drum.......... He carried on, and to the total amazement of everyone there, he then started playing the most amazing paradiddles. ................. We had obviously tapped into a memory