When home at my parents home for Christmas, I found a copy of The Vows on the fridge, given to my mother in the last few years by my father. There was not a lot of openly displayed affection in our home when I was a child; it was not that there was no love,…
Whilst I did not complete the NaNoWriMo challenge in November this year, I have been working on Kick off 2012 with Project 366, a challenge thrown out to bloggers using WordPress in December last year. The challenge was to write a new blog for every day in 2012. I didn’t create a new blog, but…
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…
I’ve been reading a novel called Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy, which it turns out others confirm I have already read but no matter, it was a pleasant light read, and not too many words to have to look up! And it was so light, it didn’t matter that often I couldn’t remember the story…
Wishing you all a wonderful day with your families and friends. I hope the day is filled with more love than you have ever felt, and creates memories you will always remember. Take lots of photos and videos just in case! For those of us living with Mr Dementia in our families, may he take a…
“We read to know that we are not alone.” C.S. Lewis Thank you C.S. Lewis for that lovely quote. Reading has been much more than that, but it does make us feel like we are not alone. Reading introduces us to new knowledge, but so much more; it introduces us to new worlds of pleasure. To…
There are days when the saying Toughen Up Princess is almost the only thing that keeps me going! My friends Jacinta and Craig taught me to say it, and now it has become a permanent part of my daily routine. Not in a bad way, but as a way of telling myself to remember there are…
The story by Bob De Marco from the Alzheimer’s Reading Room that appeared in my Inbox, Alzheimer’s Patients Can’t Make Decisions, So You Must Guide Them, resonated in the same way as using horse whisperer techniques to assist people with dementia communicate and be more positive. It seems so simple, and yet I realise is…
Tina Hackel is a horse whisperer and blogs at Horsewhispering@Dr.Alzheimer : A Primary Caregiver’s reports to her support group. She cared for her husband Alex until his death from dementia, probably of the Alzheimer’s type. She started following my blog last night, and as I wandered over to read hers, I was inspired by this quote from…
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…
People with dementia are labeled many things, from wanderers to absconders, to refusing to communicate, to non compliant! It is often written we have inappropriate behaviour. The symptoms of dementia, are regularly written up as the reason for the negative responses our carers have. As a person with dementia, I find this incredibly sad. People with dementia…
Earlier this year Kay Bransford and I started a conversation blog called The Dementia Dialogue, and I recently answered this question, Could you describe how dementia “feels” to you? The original question was this; “Could you describe how dementia “feels” to you? I wonder if it’s simple loss of a memory, or is there some type…
I wrote this letter to myself a while ago when I was feeling very sad and lonely. Writing about how many wonderful people are there to support me has certainly helped me stay positive on the tough days. I have referred back to this ever since I wrote it, and remind myself that committing things…
A hot, hot, hot potato… Dementia screening. Coming to a GP surgery near you… Posted on December 14, 2012 by Whose Shoes? One of the key purposes of this blog is to give a voice to different perspectives and encourage constructive debate. Hopefully, by flagging things up in an accessible way, we can help switch the…
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