Obviously, I rarely blog here very often any more, as I have taken the activities of Living beyond dementia to a whole new level! In fact, I have not written even a monthly blog on that site or on my recipe blog since August!! In October, I posted four blogs here, and in November, so far, only…
Ok, so it may sound a little odd that I am missing the wooden bird in this picture, a bird I named Jonathan Livingston Seagull more than 30 years ago! I sent him on his way last week, via a transport courier service headed for the National Museum of Canberra, as he is going on tour!…
It was an honour to win the esteemed Australian of The Year Award in SA for 2017, and to now be representing South Australia in January 2017. As a finalist last year, it was more than amazing to be nominated again, and even more incredible to not only be a finalist again this year, but to…
What if it’s not dementia? was written for the Aged Care Guide, published with them on 19 October 2016. I feel it is important to share it here as well, as there is so much fear mongering in the media about dementia, it is perhaps the cause of dementia now being the most feared disease of…
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: An educator, a cycling safety champion, community contributors, an agriculturalist and a fashion designer are among the finalists in the 2017 South Australia Australian of the Year Awards. The South Australian Award finalists announced today are in the running to be named 2017 South Australia Australian of the Year, South Australia Senior Australian of…
There were a few who reminded me my website is not a place of Medical Advice, which I make very clear on my home page, which I will add up from here: “No Medical Advice: Information and other content included on this Site is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not meant to…
This poem was my first missive for parenting… the second, was the book written by Professor Maurice Balson, ‘On becoming better parents’ Edition 5, which I believe is still available at http://www.acer.edu.au – I have no real idea if I was successful, but our sons are really nice, kind and generous people, so I think so.…
Newsflash: I am truly thrilled to be able to announce that yesterday I was listed in the 2016 list of 100 Women of Influence in Australia, in the SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & NOT-FOR-PROFIT category. The category winners and overall winner will be announced during an event to be held in the Sydney Town Hall on 27 October 2016. So many are…
The book Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, co-authored with Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low was released officially on September 15 and has been well received. Professor Henry Brodarty wrote the Foreword for it, which I am sharing here: Thank you Lee-Fay for the shared twelve months we spent working on this book; it was truly a joy to work…
In my continuing series on What is dementia?, Part 4 I promised to review aphasia. It suddenly seems more relevant to me as well just now too; I was diagnosed with PPA when first diagnosed with a front temporal dementia, although had seemed to stave off the progression with speech pathology techniques. However in this last few weeks, it is…
Participant Information Sheet (General) Project Title: The what, how and why of complementary medicine use by Australians living with dementia. Project Summary: You are invited to participate in a research study being conducted by Dr Genevieve Steiner, NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow, at the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), Western Sydney University. This project…
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