URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 25 Oct 2026
On dementia, we need to tell it how it is | Letter
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David Lee responds to a letter questioning the use of language about people with dementiaSally Byers takes Polly Toynbee to task (Letters, 19 October) for using what she considers to be “deeply troubling language” about people with dementia, in particular the phrases “glazed stares or sleeping mouths agape” and “that terrible human vacancy” in Toynbee’s article (In Liverpool I saw the tough choic…
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