These bloody things, they spring themselves upon us, completely out of the blue, and there seems to be no way of predicting when. Try as we might, my husband and I feel helpless to know what to do, not only to try to predict them, but to try to stop them or prevent them. The burden … Continue reading »
Posted in March 2012 …
Spoiling our kids?
Give our children enough money to do something, but not enough to do nothing… I read this line somewhere recently, but forgot to write down who said it, so if the author sees it here, I apologise for quoting it without permission, and please let me know who you are so I can reference it … Continue reading »
Technology, dementia and aging
At the ADI London conference I chaired a session about using technology to enhance the lives of people living with dementia, which could easily be applied to memory loss caused by any neurological problems or disorders, including aging. The four titles were 1) Simple technology solutions, 2) What is technology?, 3)You take the high tech, … Continue reading »
Is blogging art?
Blogging and writing for me has been a creative expression of my immediate observation of real life, just as Degas did with his painting style. I try to write with the spectators subjective vantage point, and blogging (writing, speaking out, poetry) is the medium I use to express my world. So is this art? When I registered … Continue reading »
Sigmund Freud, blogging and dementia
A visit to the Freud Museum at 19 Birgasse Strasse in Vienna the other day and my brain was frantically doing somersaults, my pen flying across the pages of my little notebook! I absolutely love going to places and seeing, reading or hearing things that make me think and this was definitely one of those … Continue reading »
I miss my boys
Not only do I miss seeing my boys Charles and Matthew, I miss hearing their voices, feeling their hugs, their son-style pecks on my cheek, seeing their faces and having them home for our weekly family dinner. The spontaneity of our conversations that are filled with the seriousness of our lives, are also interspersed with … Continue reading »
Accepting dementia
What is going on? Such a lazy way to start a blog, yet that is how I feel, and that is what we are asking. What is going on? Is the dementia moving in the wrong direction again, or is it that we are travelling and my routines have been out of kilter? Well, those … Continue reading »
Vienna and smelling roses
On arrival in Vienna yesterday, even though The Altstadt Vienna hotel is beautiful and we are quite spoilt being able to afford to stay here, we had a few teething problems, and I had a dreadful night with little sleep. The manager of the hotel has been nothing short of brilliant in her efforts to … Continue reading »
What the hell happened…
What the hell happened to my working brain?
Anyone home?
It would be good to wonder, what the hell is going on, and know it wasn’t dementia. My life skills are diminishing, my ability to see reason and to be logical is more impaired, and the inside of my head is spinning more. The lights are on today, but it seems there is nobody home, … Continue reading »
Dementia and Gravitrons
Hello world! This is the title of the first sample blog the WordPress team leaves on the site of new bloggers. Boring huh? Today, you’d better get used to it ‘cos that’s about all I can find inside my head for my blog, and I’m not feeling like much of a writer at all. Such … Continue reading »
Taking notes, haikus, writing and dementia
I want my writing, poetry and blogs to improve, to be something more, and I find it so easy to be my own worst critic. This fact can often make it easy to accept feedback more negatively or personally than it is meant. Since travelling, there has not been enough time to think and take … Continue reading »
Optimism and blogging
The scariest moment is always just before you start. (Stephen King) The optimist will always find a way to start, the pessimist will always find a way to put it off. I am inherently an optimist, I see the good in situations and people, and usually quickly find a positive solution to everything that comes … Continue reading »
Restraints and labels… a new perspective
I have blogged about the use of restraints for people in aged care and/or with dementia, both physical and pharmacological, and how I think it is a crime against our human rights. There is another blog brewing on this, and I still think it is a disgrace but have no idea (yet) how we can change … Continue reading »
Reading and writing
Life is really just one big book; you can choose to read it and learn from it, or you can ignore your experience of it. I choose to read life as I live, and find I get so much joy from it, as well as learning so much more than simply being in attendance. I … Continue reading »
