Wendy Mitchell Joins Excelcare Webinar to Share Her Incredible Stor y of Living With Dementia

On Tuesday 28th February Sunday Times best-selling author

Wendy Mitchell joined Excelcare’s ‘Let’s Discuss Dementia’ Webinar to share her personal experience of living with dementia

This monthly webinar invites relatives and friends of Excelcare residents as well as people looking into care options to learn more about dementia have their questions answered and take part in conversations about lots of different topics associated with dementia

In a first for Excelcare Wendy was invited onto the webinar as a guest speaker to share her personal experience of living with dementia and discuss topics from the books she has written

Wendy started by introducing herself and sharing some information about her blog as well as some of the hobbies she takes part in Wendy also shared that living with dementia has given her a new value of time and waiting for the sun to set or the right moment to capture a photo is always enjoyed and she never feels rushed Talking about her time living in York Wendy said It was like being on holiday and never going home”

Wendy then began to read a script she had prepared for the webinar, as she said, ‘If I don t, I’ll simply get distracted and start waffling

Throughout the course of the next hour Wendy shared her story from the moment she was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 58 up to the present day where she spends her days admiring all that nature has to offer and taking on some extreme challenges to help raise money for charity

Wendy also shared some of the ways she has adapted her home and the way she lives to combat some of the daily tasks that dementia affects Some of these adaptations included using Alexa to help turn her lights on and off and provide information taking pictures of what is in her cupboards so she knows where things are located and if she sees something that she isn t sure is there she will take a picture of it and if it’s not there in the photo it’s not real There was lots of other useful tips that Wendy shared to “outmanoeuvre and outwit dementia ”

Her unique story and ongoing determination to live the life she wants to live without dementia taking over really captured the hearts of the attendees One lady said I think that s the biggest eye opener and the biggest realisation that I’ve ever had about Dementia I will be buying Wendy s books ASAP What a fantastic opportunity this was for us

As a sign of their gratitude to Wendy Excelcare have donated £200 to Wendy s upcoming challenge where she is planning to cross Europe’s longest infinity bridge! Click here to find out more

If you would like to learn more about Wendy s experiences living with dementia, you can view the full webinar here or purchase any of her books here