Reading J.A. Hennrikus blog today, I was directed to this wonderful TED talk The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown. You will do yourself a favour if you watch it. She talks about vulnerability, shame, authenticity, wholeheartedness and many other things, and her research has taken her on her own very personal journey, which she…
My blog today is to link you to a remarkable award-winning essay by Grace Kearney. Through the Looking Glass: Understanding the World of the Alzheimer’s Patient The waiting room could belong to a dentist’s office. There are bright lights and comfortable chairs and plenty of People magazines. But the vacant expressions of those waiting makes…
OMG, how exciting is this, my first email blog post!!! Or how much I need to get a life some of you might be saying about now? Not a lot to say for this test blog, other than I’ve left my new email footer up, so you can let me know what you think of…
The first known use of the word contented according to the free Merriam-Webster online Dictionary is the 15 century, and it means simply that we are feeling satisfied with our life, that we are feeling or showing satisfaction with our possessions, status, or situation; we have accepted the situation we are in, and are happy…
A mother is only as happy as her unhappiest child. This saying, and a blog I read recently with a bucket list longer than I have ever seen has led me to think about happiness and bucket lists. I wondered if I’d have enough time to do all the things on this bloggers list, or…
So often, that is the question many people with dementia ask themselves. It is also the phrase many others say to you, as it seems it is so difficult to believe a person diagnosed with dementia can function well in the world. The only way to know 100% that someone has dementia is with a…
The idea of society being dementia friendly, in the same way it accommodates others with disabilities, for example the sight impaired or people in wheelchairs, is something to aspire to. In a report Creating Dementia Friendly Physical & Social Environments: A new resource for residential & respite care facilities funded by the Victorian government it…
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An excerpt from Michael Rossato-Bennett’s forthcoming movie Alive Inside, a documentary about the Music and Memory non-profit project, recently went viral. The video clip is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQ This is exciting because it’s spreading an important idea: there are easy and affordable ways to help reach people with dementia. Music, specifically, can have an…
Today, I was feeling brain drained and not up to writing a blog, until I found the following responses sent to me by someone I have met who works in aged and dementia care. I have kept up with your ordeals of late and also read Jane Sherwin’s response in congratulating you for speaking out…
After re-reading and spending time thinking about many of the comments made in response to many of my blogs, I have been thinking a lot about blogging, and what the point of it is. It is a way to express, to create, to educate, to inform, and to heal. It is free. It is up to…
My dear husband and I constantly discuss our days and the things going on around us, but so often now I have increasing short-term memory loss, so that often it seems like life is full of surprises. He says, but we talked about that last night, or we did that or we went there this…
The second part of this blog is a short story I wrote some time ago about a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, inspired by a strip in Comic Strip IQ. Asperger’s Syndrome was not recognised until 1944. It was first posted on a page called Stories, which I have just recently removed as my Daily blog has become the…
Vs my new life with dementia. You might think this is a strange thing to talk about, but for me facing a terminal illness that also seems to be stealing the old me has been hard to come to grips with. There is always the glimmer of strain behind your days, no matter how happy are. And…
“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man [person] who wrote it.” Tennessee Williams There is not much to say on my blog tonight as the words have escaped me due to a mild case of shock. I was nearly run over by a car again tonight, a much closer call…
Lately I have connected with many blogs of writers and poets, and read their stories and poems with awe. Some of them also write about how they have always wanted to write, always wanted to be a writer, which I connect strongly with too. As a child I was a prolific reader, reading up to 4 -5 books each…
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