Jenny's Diary
Do you want to talk about dementia with someone who has a learning disability?
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Download Jenny's Diary 2025
Jenny's Diary 2025 version
Updated in 2025 – Booklet using the terminology ‘learning disability’
Intellectual disability version
Booklet using the terminology ‘intellectual disability’
Jenny's Diary postcards
Larger versions of images in the book to use as discussion topics
Translated versions
Translated versions
Translated versions
About Jenny's Diary book
Talking about dementia is never easy. UK dementia strategies agree that everyone has the right to know their diagnosis – not just as a human right, but to ensure the right support is in place. Yet, there’s still little guidance on how to have these conversations with someone who has a learning disability. People often worry about what will be understood, what words to use, and how to handle the reaction.
Jenny’s Diary helps by offering a simple three-step approach:
About Jenny's Diary postcards
The postcards show examples of Jenny’s weekly activities and can be printed, shared, viewed on a screen, or displayed at home. They are larger versions of the book’s images, making them great conversation starters – but the book can also be used on its own if you prefer.
Jenny’s Diary was developed by Karen Watchman, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne and Sam Quinn and was funded by an Alzheimer’s Society dissemination grant. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Licence. This means that anyone can use or download the content and share it, but the authors and the resource must be credited. The words and the photographs cannot be changed by anyone else.