Tony Buzan, the creator of Mind Mapping, says “A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain. It harnesses the full range of cortical skills – word, image, number, logic, rhythm, colour and spatial awareness – in a single, uniquely powerful manner. In so doing, it gives you the freedom to roam the infinite expanses of your brain. The Mind Map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance human performance.” This image is also from his website;
I’ve been using mind maps to assist my brain to function since 2007, being introduced to them by my Disability Advisor at the University of South Australia.
Without doubt, I could not function as well as I do without them, and for some strange reason I have left them off of my list of non pharmacological interventions! They work brilliantly for kids too, so if your child is having trouble learning, get them to try Mind Mapping for kids. They work for everyone, if you just give them a go, and I have definitely found with the symptoms of dementia, they are enormously helpful as they map things out visually, offering another way to find my way. See Tony Buzan’s YouTube clip;
sadly I believe unless we are educated enough, primary health care persons are just that primary care and move you out to treat the next one. The system is overloaded and unless everyone shares ideas and rehab programs it would all remain a secret and many more would go untreated. Keep up the good work kate, be the voice 🙂
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Your support to keep going is invaluable, thanks dear friend.
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I went to a few memory courses a few years after diagnosis – unlike you though NOBODY gave me any rehab or advice etc for my encephalitis. I had to decide that I wanted it / needed it myself.
My situation is a prime example of someone getting NO rehab or attention to try to improve her neurological outcome
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I’d have to say, if I hadn’t nagged my neurophysio for months, I would NEVER have been given any rehab either. It hsa NEVER been offrered to me, and I know of no-one with dementia where it has been. So bloody sad this, to be written off immediately after the diagnosis. My neurophysio has added dementia rehab into his physiotherapy course (he is a senior lecturer at Flinders University), so if PWD ever get referred to a physio, the younger ones might eventually think about offering it to them.
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