Dear Mum

I wrote this letter to my mother in September 2016, for The Guardian's 'A letter to...' section where readers submit the letter they 'always wanted to write'.

Introduction to Julia’s dementia blog

My mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia in October 2015 following a series of mini strokes that meant she no longer recognised the home she had lived in for twenty years. Following the move to a care home, I have been trying to learn how to make her days less anxious than they invariably are. …