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Exercise, healthy lifestyle and dementia

Thanks Butch from Mum and Dad Care for alerting me to this article Exercise May Protect Against Brain Shrinkage written by Anahad O’Connor for The New York Times. It discusses yet another research study about exercise helping our bodies and brains. Almost every chronic disease has studies linked to it proving exercise can and will help reduce … Continue reading »

Stigma report

This report is a sad exposé of how the general community view dementia in general, and especially the people diagnosed with dementia. Its findings show 50.8% of the respondents agreed that people with dementia cannot be expected to have a meaningful conversation, and 11.7% of respondents said that they would avoid spending much time with … Continue reading »

The anonymous voice

Since I’ve joined the wider global community through online networking and blogging, and since speaking at the Alzheimer’s Australia National Fight Dementia campaign rally and appearing on the ABC TV 7.30 Report, I am gathering many new friends, people who have seen my story and want to share this journey on my dementia train. I am … Continue reading »