Keith Oliver

About Keith

Keith Oliver was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at the age of 55. Formerly a Headteacher of a primary school, Keith worked in teaching for over thirty years.

He is now also teaching many people about how to live positively with dementia, and works to raise awareness of the symptoms. Keith Oliver has also written many books on his experience with dementia to hopefully help people with their own journey.

Keith speaks to us openly about his experience with dementia, leaving his much loved job and how he has managed to look at the silver lining of any challenges that he comes across.

What is good for someone with dementia is good for anyone. Just because they have dementia it doesn't make them any different than another human being.

Keith Oliver

See Keith's Tips:

Relish Wellbeing

Stay Active

Time Together

Celebrate Achievement

Stay Independent

Find Calm

Embrace Identity

Keep Learning

Bring Joy

Time Together

Invest time, energy, respect, and love into your relationships.

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Stay Active

Staying active is not only great for your physical wellbeing but also your mental health.

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Time Together

I invest time, energy and love into my relationships along with respect which is always earned. This advice can be for anyone not just people living with dementia.

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Keep Learning

You can learn new hobbies or new activities, there might be areas that you might struggle with, but ask for help.

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Celebrate Achievement

Accept praise from others as it will help you to move forward, in day-to-day life.

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Find Calm

Watching light television that is not challenging, can give you a moment of escapism and can be relaxing. There are also schemes where people will go for a walk with you, and you can chat on the way.

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Bring Joy

You can find joy through celebrating your achievements and your friends’ achievements.

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Stay Independent

Taking part in activities is a great way of staying independent, whether that is art or something else that you enjoy it can enable you to think in a different way.

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Embrace Identity

I try to keep my sense of identity by teaching as that was at the core of who I was when I was working and who I have always been to some extent, since I was a child.

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