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		<title>One small act</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The act of one person with dementia has become the act of many around the world, now causing such a united ripple effect for change there should be no going back. Of course, there will always be the case of two steps forward, and one backwards occasionally, but as there are now so many people without dementia &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/20/one-small-act/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4599&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<title>Saturday poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only way is up A room full of hearts opened wide with hope Holding hands supporting each other Feeling less alone Sharing struggles and stepping stones Wondering if fading capacities will matter Finding new ways What we can&#8217;t to alone we can to together The road ahead a new one in Australia See you at &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/18/saturday-poem-3/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4589&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final day of our conference has opened doors and galvanised change. To commence the proceedings today, a gentleman called Eric from Townsville, living with a diagnosis of dementia was added to the program at short notice and asked to tell his story. Eric&#8217;s story clearly showed us the human cost of this hideous disease. &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/17/advocacy-in-action/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4584&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The voices of people with dementia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending the Alzheimer&#8217;s Australia 15th national conference this week has had its up and downs, like life in general, of course! The two days preceding the conference were very busy in meetings, something I take the time and energy to do to help ensure the voice of people with dementia were being heard. Yet there is &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/16/the-voices-of-people-with-dementia/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4575&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deep brain stimulation</title>
		<link>http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/15/deep-brain-stimulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deep Brain Stimulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deep brain stimulation: a fix when the drugs don’t work posted in The Conversation, 14 May 2013. Read this article in full. It discusses the recent advances using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in selective brain regions for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease to inescapable cravings in drug addiction, and binge eating. Tagged: Deep &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/15/deep-brain-stimulation/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4572&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Souvenaid and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in Hobart attending meetings prior to the Alzheimer&#8217;s Australia 15th National Conference, and last night the dinner was half sponsored by Souvenaid® Australia. Someone referred me to this product earlier this year, and because I don&#8217;t have AD but another type of dementia, I had not followed it up. It was referred to at the Alzheimer&#8217;s &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/14/souvenaid-and-alzheimers-disease/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4569&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dementia and aluminium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aluminium]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of emails flying around for some time regarding the risk of aluminium and dementia. Here is the latest on the topic. In terms of aluminium and dementia risk, very high levels of aluminium in the brain are toxic and can cause cognitive impairment, but the evidence is now fairly conclusively &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/13/dementia-and-aluminium/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4564&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silence shadows me, like a soft cloud of hope. It transports me through my wildest dreams, takes me to places unheard of, new destinations; transports me along exciting roads, with wild aspirations. The golden rays of ideas blossoming inside my brain, at the centre of my heart, the core of my being. List upon list upon list of things to do, &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/12/silence/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4554&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday poem</title>
		<link>http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/11/saturday-poem-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Swaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Wafting&#160;along corridors Into the recesses of&#160;our mind Awakening&#160;the soul Memories stirred Thoughts of yesterdays And long lost loves Visions rekindled Childhoods and playgrounds Tucked inside school yards Teachers and yard duty Old boyfriends and love letters Tattooed with red lipstick kisses Whispering&#160;to heart heartstrings Rekindling moments lost in time Healing all wounds Tagged: Author: &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://kateswaffer.com/2013/05/11/saturday-poem-2/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kateswaffer.com&#038;blog=25395157&#038;post=4546&#038;subd=kateswaffer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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