In October 2011, someone wrote to me via email, and mentioned I must be thrilled to have 16 followers. I had no idea where my blog was heading, as now I have 319 comments on my Conversations and Recipes page, have written and published 290 posts, of which there has been over 1200 comments. As…
It could be said the greatest predictor of a team’s future success is how people feel about each other. I’ve been volunteering on various committees lately, some of which are unbelievably cohesive and where all members respond to the workload and prepare for their meetings and tasks involved, and then I’ve had contact or involvement…
It has been said, the average worker has 50 interruptions a day, of which 70% have nothing to do with work. If your productivity (work or study) is suffering from regular distractions, you could try a few things such as avoiding eye contact when someone walks by your desk. Whilst this may deter chatty colleagues…
When I was visiting my parents recently, my mother lamented the fact that almost no-one send letters anymore. In fact, hardly anyone writes letters any more, not even typed ones sent by email. Social media such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and email have taken over our world and lives. Almost no-one picks up the phone…
I was looking for some positive or funny quotes, and went to my favourite movie comedians, Groucho and Harpo Marx! Most online quotes I could find are from Groucho or Chico, and mostly are lines from their movies, which I love. Harpo Marx remains my favourite, and I have been a fan of his since…
After a few days recently of humour and displaced and subtle racism, chauvinism, and every other ism against women and non white Australians, I was ready for home. Most country people are not racist or sexist these days, but for many, their actual words belie their 21st century promises. I also listened to people ask…
Last week I attended a HACC Innovative Project Strengthening Communities Brighter Futures Committee meeting, the project of two aged care groups that I have been involved in as a consumer. During this meeting, I had an epiphany about the aged care services being provided to non Indigenous, and non multicultural Australians, that is, white Australians…
TED says of speaker and writer Joshua Foer, “In 2005 science writer Joshua Foer went to cover the U.S. Memory Championship. A year later he was back — as contestant. A year of mental training with Europe’s top memorizer turned into a book, Moonwalking with Einstein, which is both a chronicle of his immersion in the memory…
The Adelaide Fringe event I put on this year raised funds for dementia research and The Big Issue (SA) organisation, and I feel thrilled that I can now donate $3000 towards each. The other thing I wanted to do for this, was to set a small fire towards greater research into dementia and authentic brain…
Another day of wondering what the hell happened to my brain! It is also a struggle today to be bothered writing a blog, or even getting out of bed. Sometimes I jump out of bed early as that is the only way to stay motivated to keep on with fighting against dementia, even though it would…
You may have heard the following on ABC radio Sunday May 6th ( Ockham’s Razor ), which is more wonderful evidence for including Music Therapy in Dementia Programmes. He may not have said specifically it could help dementia patients, but dementia is a neurological disease. It was sent to me from a contact in Domiciliary Care, from…
Reblogged, quite simply because the value of the article 5 Qualities of Caregiving Excellence from the Alzheimer’s Reading Room is simply too good not to share. Thanks Bob De Marco for another quality post, written by Angil Tarach-Ritchey, RN, GCM . Caregiving has wonderful rewards, but can also be very difficult. By Angil Tarach-Ritchey RN, GCM Relationships can…
Well, I did eventually find it… In the microwave; 3 or 4 days later when the stench took over the kitchen! This happened some time ago, and silly little things like this are happening to me every day now, much more often. Not monumentally catastrophic, but annoying and life changing just the same. Things that…
We all lie occasionally, and research says some people all the time, as often as every 10 minutes. And it causes far more problems than many people realise, it is not simply a little white lie, that covers up a small truth. So why do some people do it (everyone, according to most researchers)? It comes…
I am a 53 years old female. There is NO age appropriate residential facility or age appropriate respite available for me in the state in which I live. If I need to enter an aged care facility, I consider the site will be breaking no less than ten (10) of the Australian Aged Care Accreditation Standards, because…
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