This topic is a very contentious one, as there are two groups specifically who fear and then feel the loss of their driver’s license. The elderly and people diagnosed with dementia will eventually be challenged about their capacity to drive. It is a topic I have ranted about a few times, but one people like…
On the way home from Canberra last night, having been there to attend and present at the National Dementia Research Forum, I wondered if the toll these activities are taking on me is too great. I’ve also been feeling like stopping blogging, or making it a weekly digest, rather than a daily one. Thinking and…
My mind is closed for restoration today, but I thought I’d add this very useful blog from Bob De Marco’s Alzheimer’s Reading Room. Many people regularly ask me if they should be worried about their memory, so this might be the place to start. Always seek medical advice if you are worried about your memory or…
It was a tough day when I had to tell my school age children I had dementia, something we all thought was a ‘old persons’ disease. They were probably as confused as I was, but because I had been through a lot of other health issues, for them it was more of a roller coaster,…
There are lists written on this site, and on many sites outlining the challenges of a diagnosis of younger onset dementia. Having to give up paid employment is near the top of the list and I’ve not found much written up about how difficult it is for a person with dementia. It is in effect, a…
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…
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My senior year of high school, I had the genius idea of taking AP Physics, AP Calculus, and AP Statistics, all at the same time. I pushed myself so hard that year all because I wanted to earn college credits and therefore graduate from college in less than four…
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…
In the shoes of Karen (2)… a daughter’s insights into life in a care home. I read this, and felt it needed reblogging straight away… another way to view a person with dementia. Sadly, this is my experience as friend and guardian to loved ones currently living in residential care.
Yesterday was World Alzheimer’s Day, and a number of countries and organisations published reports and Press Releases to acknowledge its significance. Dementia stigma to blame was published by DPS News yesterday, as was the Alzheimer’s Disease International World Alzheimer Report 2012: Overcoming the stigma of dementia. Here is the whole report. The brief Summary in…
Yesterday I found this fabulous picture from saatchi.uk, and then added the words with a little help from two of the boys in my family (!), as find it perfectly matched with the union of the image and words. Living with dementia means it is sometimes quite hard to look in the mirror, as what…
Yesterday I talked about how lonely and isolating it can be living with a diagnosis of dementia. One reader and friend overseas emailed me with her support and friendship, and also shared her own recent terminal diagnosis. Another reader made some very pertinent comments, and shared some links about it. One comment, “the loneliness in…
There are many negative things that happen after a diagnosis of dementia, and many that are ongoing challenges and changes, but for me the most difficult ongoing ones to live with are the isolation and loneliness. So many friends slip away after finding out you have dementia, not because they are bad people, but because…
This blog examines the philosophical issues of euthanasia and voluntary assisted suicide, which is the painless killing of a human being with an incurable illness or injury, to relieve physical and psychological suffering. Euthanasia involves the intentional taking of life and has been the topic of much religious, moral, ethical, philosophical, legal and human rights…
I’ve been thinking a lot about being a mum, and often say that a mother is only as happy as her unhappiest child. In wondering what to write today, I stumbled across this beautiful email that arrived in my Inbox some years ago. As it says at the end to pass it on, I decided…
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