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…
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,…
Music Wafting along corridors Into the recesses of our mind Awakening 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 to heart heartstrings Rekindling moments lost in time Healing all wounds
Sometimes, making changes to our thinking or behaviour makes us different to our family or friends, which for many is a strong deterrant not to. Being different, not taking those party drugs or drinking that beer or wine, when all of our friends are, can be challenging. The impact of serious chronic or terminal illness…
I promised someone I would post the speeches I gave in Taipei… here is the presentation on driving. Glenn Rees, the CEO of Alzheimer’s Australia disagrees with me, and probably many others will disagree with me, but interestingly, the people with dementia in the audience who listened to my presentation, all agreed with me. Dementia and the…
In the 7th May email newsletter from the Australian Institute of Management South Australia (AIM); “Just how important it is to use correct grammar is highlighted in the May issue of Management Today. According to the magazine, knowing the difference between “you’re” and “your” could be one indicator of future career success. The article reads,…
Sometimes we are so caught up in who’s right and who’s wrong that we forget what’s right and wrong… We’ve all been caught up by that mistake, and as I listen more these days and often hear others so who are set on being right about a situation or issue with another person or organisation, it is hurting…
Reblogged from A Day in the Life of Dementia It is well worth reading, and is so valuable the best thing to do was to reblog it. Thanks Kay for your continued wisdom, and especially for your willingness to share what you learn on your journey of caring for your parents. The Tangled Tentacles of your…
Yesterday A week full of head spins On Monday a visit to the neurologist The results of the latest SPECT scan and the neuropsychology tests… Bad news The dementia has progressed clinically My frontal lobes are now involved Yet still I am not presenting as badly as the clinical picture indicates… Good news I wonder what this…
Christian Bakker is the Program Manager, Florence Centre for Specialized Care in Young Onset Dementia and Healthcare psychologist, Department of Primary Care and Community Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Geriatric and Public Health, Radboud University Nijmegen. A few weeks ago I heard him speak about services developed in The Netherlands to support people living with Younger…
Many times I have written about human rights in aged and dementia care as listed in the related articles below. There are many who agree with me, and then others who think I am too harsh on an industry doing its best to care for people with dementia, with low wages and limited funding to provide…
This video is the story of one of my global friends, Keith Oliver. He has written a guest blog here before, but this is a valuable way of hearing his story. Thank you Keith for continuing your advocacy work for people with dementia.
Since being diagnosed with dementia and joining the global campaign by people with dementia to help improve things such as person centred care, and advocating for what are the most basic of human rights for PWD, it fascinates me we still have so far to go in achieving this. Why are people with dementia having to fight so hard to be…
Today’s blog is late, and is all about me… me… me, and my dear husband and children too of course. I should have posted something before I went to see my neurologist Dr Casse at lunch time, but as I slept in I didn’t have time. I have seen Dr Casse a few times since…
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