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 … Continue reading »
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Tony’s story
Tony’s wrote; …….I always thought that A/D was something that happened to all old people, we all went a bit silly in our senior years, I had no idea how wrong that perception of mine was, and in early 1990, a life changing, head on car accident changed my world and my life completely…..I suffered … Continue reading »
Jennifer’s story
Jennifer Bute from the UK has become a wonderful friend of mine; we met at ADI London last year, and like me and Richard Taylor, she is fighting the symptoms of dementia as if it is the Olympics race of her life. Dementia from the inside is her story; Jennifer Bute. She is using her … Continue reading »
Living outside the stigmas and expectations of others
Recently Richard Taylor wrote to the following message to a person with younger onset dementia living in Queensland who had connected with him via his website; “Thank you for taking the time to write. Have you met Kate Swaffer? She is a kindred spirit, who also lives in Australia, of ours who hears the same … Continue reading »
Two sides of the dementia coin
In conversations this week, whilst holidaying with a dear friend in Queensland, it has been unsettling to hear my friend say she can see my decline, however subtle it is, and no matter how much I attempt to hide it. We have known each other long enough, and well enough for her to be honest, … Continue reading »
Christmas, grief, dementia and remembering
Having lost my mother in law to ovarian cancer in 2005, it was a sad first Christmas without my father in law. I can recall his and our tears that first Christmas without her. We spent it with my parents, partly because they are elderly now and we are lucky to still have them, and partly … Continue reading »
Richard Taylor
Dear Richard, You have been my shining beacon of light since my diagnosis of younger onset dementia. My Google and I were best friends for the first few weeks as I searched for information about dementia, and for help. Any form of help, as there seemed to be none out there, and I had not been … Continue reading »
Drowning, paddling harder and staying afloat
Many days it feels like I am drowning from the symptoms of dementia, and last night my husband and I were talking about the changes that are taking place again, and the fear we both feel when I might not be able to keep myself afloat. It is not the most comfortable emotional journey, constantly feeling like … Continue reading »
Dementia myths
Today I wanted to reblog an article by Jami L.Hede, M.S., CCC/SLP Dementia Myths Debunked from her blog Exploring Dementia. There are still so many myths out there, and I regularly have staff who work in aged and dementia care ask me Is Alzheimer’s dementia, which was why I wrote that article a while ago. … Continue reading »
Alzheimer’s Disease: What if there was a cure?
Doctor says an oil lessened Alzheimer’s effects on her husband By Eve Hosley-Moore, Times Correspondent Eve Hosley-Moore Tampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 “After two weeks of taking coconut oil, Steve Newport’s results in an early onset Alzheimer’s test gradually improved says his wife, Dr. Mary Newport. Before treatment, Steve could barely … Continue reading »
The importance of having a ‘Voice’ for the person with dementia
On World Alzheimer’s Day, I watched the SA 7.30 program, and a young girl and her family were interviewed about her experience of having been born with cleft palate, Mouth surgery helps girl sing. It is a remarkable story highlighting what can be achieved for the health of people living in Australia, of a family’s … Continue reading »
Is your glass half full or half empty?
In a tribute to a loved one living with a diagnosis of dementia somewhere on the beautiful site Moving Your Soul she said; “I couldn’t see the woman she really was, I could only see what I was missing in her. Now, I can see who she is, who she’s always been, a positive woman … Continue reading »
Attitude, Johhny Cash and dementia
“Choose your attitude. Your attitude is your reaction to what life hands you, and only you can choose that reaction.” I have had a copy of this poster stuck to one of my kitchen cupboards for ages, finding it useful on the days when I find it hard to have a positive attitude. Attitude is … Continue reading »
Speaking up on younger onset dementia
Today’s blog is a bit of a lazy one, an article Speakup on younger onset dementia from DPS News which I have copied in full to save you the trouble of heading off to another website. Quite a few of the people who read this blog mention they find it a bit tedious having to link … Continue reading »
Is Alzheimer’s dementia?
A cyberfriend suggested I write about this; “Alzheimer’s disease has one image, dementia another.” Last week at the launch of a DVD made by Domiciliary Care SA about younger onset dementia, I was asked by a woman if Alzheimer’s was dementia. This was curious to me, as the group in attendance were all people related … Continue reading »
