The easiest way to know how to be with the person with dementia is to just simply be yourself, open, honest, authentic, congruent and genuine. Relationships are always changing as we know and this can be a change in the relationship that can be embraced and that might contribute a richness into your life and that of your friend who is living with dementia. In times of big change and life impacts when we need our friends and people we love to stay close, to journey alongside us as we navigate our way through the challenging times.