Once you've met one person with dementia, you've met one person with dementia.......

Once you've met one person with dementia, you've met one person with dementia.......this might sound like a truism, but it speaks to the very real phenomenon of labelling.Many people with dementia tell us that their 'label' of dementia often seems to overshadow their individuality in the eyes of others. If this happens regularly and often, is it any surprise that people themselves feel like their unique qualities are being lost?Everyone experiences dementia differently, and we should all be conscious of that, and not try and extrapolate our experience of one person onto the next.This podcast takes a deep dive into this issue, and also explores the implications for a collective voice, and the utility of personal experience to others with dementia.