The Fight Dementia National Campaign which had a focus on younger onset dementia, awareness and funding has also continued for me. I recently spoke at the ‘March on Dementia’ campaign in Canberra, have spoken at several service provider group forums and training sessions, and just recently as a guest speaker at the WordCamp Gold Coast 2011 conference.…
Keep up with my geeky blogs she says! Not sure if this is a compliment, but hey, my glass is always half full, so I’ll take it as one anyway. I’m glad the discussion of my little disasters brightens your day. It probably makes us all – well the so-called non-geeks! – feel normal too, as we are out…
My access to the internet has died (8am)! Not on all devices in my home, just my trusty little pc! What is a girl to do? Well, I am using my old computer and all the stuff I’m working on is on the dysfunctional one which is not easy to manage. However I need to access email…
Lesson 3 for me is about Community. The WordPress community is spread around the world, a global community I am thrilled to be a part of it. My day has been overflowing with community, as I participated in the filming of session 4 of an educational documentary about dementia, worked towards a chapter of a book…
A few basic lessons from the great Vladimir Lasky’s session on security. This session was informative, professional and very engaging. Thanks Vlad! Use your own network card – do NOT use public ones Do NOT use the same passwords on your sites – he suggested the first letter from each word of a ditty, your favourite…
Spend more time editing before posting for the world to see!!! AS IF…
One and all! Yesterday was a day and night of shared thoughts, networking, learning, inspiring, dancing and dreaming of new directions, the next WordCamp and a million other things. It was a time to remember, with one more day to go. More to fit into my already confused and overflowing brain, more worlds to watch, words to…
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of…
WordCamp Gold Coast 2011… here I come! I am almost ready to set off for the airport for my flight to Brisbane, and am excited about attending and speaking at the WordCamp conference. I’ve been to the Gold Coast before, but never stayed at the Radisson, never seen the Bond University, never been to a…
It has been my great privilege to have been a step-parent for a long time. It has been so long, and the bond is very strong, and I never consider him as anything other than my second son. The initial challenge is how to love another person’s child as your own, and I see many ugly examples of…
Watching my friend in the major public hospital continues to inspire me to rant. I am one of four of his legal guardians, as he does not have immediate family in Australia or a wife to take that place. Over the last few weeks, he has had falls, numerous seizures and other significant and increasing health…
Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month November 2011… I am on my way and have started writing. Over 6000 words today mostly because I’ve been working away at them in preparation for the big day, and because I have two trips away this month, and might get behind. It is exciting, in…
I have a dear friend hospitalised in one of Adelaide’s major public hospitals who has serious physical and cognitive decline, to the point he is no longer well enough to go home and is waiting on the ‘system’ to approve him for an Aged Care Assessment (ACAT). The doctors and nurses cannot tell us what…
I have just uploaded my Fight Dementia rally speech onto YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPVzT33UZQ Watching it forces me to jump out of my bubble of denial for a few moments, to remember it is me and my family this is happening to. I stay busy and focused on things other than dementia, and there are many moments in my days…
For the memory impaired, memory is like a stack of china; if you try to pull a plate from the middle, the whole thing comes crashing down. We need to continue our stories chronologically, one china plate at a time. For me, this is why it is important to give us time to collect what…
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