Well… coming, but perhaps not soon enough! We were promised this would be ready for Dementia Awareness Month, and yes, I suppose it will we, but not until the 15th at least , so disappointing not to be able to tell you it is available now when we are four days into the month. Even the websites…
For my series during #DAM2016 on remembering those people I have loved and who have died due to complications of any type of dementia, today I am remembering my father in law, Peter Watt (August 6, 1934 – May 29, 2012) who had Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. He taught me about ‘family’ love, the type…
It is technically Day 2 or Day 3 of World Alzheimer’s Month 2016 or Dementia Awareness Month 2016 #WAM2017, depending on what time zone you are in! Anyway, I decided, for want of the capacity to be more original, to dedicate some of my blogs this month to those family or close friends who I have…
Well, technically it is Day 2 of #DAM2016 in Australia, but as it is before midnight on September 1 in the UK, I could also say it is Day 1 of #WAM2016! I have not been here at all lately, in part due to health issues but also trying almost desperately to keep up with my studies.…
Published today, I wrote this a while ago for The Huffington Post… The copyright terms allow me to publish it in full, which I have done for my very lazy blog today! I Was Diagnosed With Dementia At 49 And It Was A Gift There are more than 47 million people diagnosed with dementia and I am…
Whilst I have been too unwell to work, study, or do anything much of any real usefulness for the last couple of weeks, various things have been happening behind the scenes, the product of past work. My second volume of poetry arrived, quite unexpectedly, in the mail this last week, and is already available online.…
John Killick continues his series of articles for the Australian Journal of Dementia Care (AJDC), exploring the history of dementia through the stories of individuals, and I feel thrilled and honoured by his review. John has reviewed my first book on dementia, What the hell happened to my brain? and Christine’s second book Dancing with Dementia, and highlighted our…
I don’t especially like the following poem (whose author is unknown to me)… Perhaps at the end stage of dementia when I am dying, I’ll change my mind. In the meantime, the best of me has not yet gone but still to come Even if I am changing! My response to this poem is below. Sometimes…
Todays blogpost is an update of various opportunities to be involved or to see more of the work of DAI. Please also support us with a donation whenever you can, as the work we do directly supports people living with dementia to have a better quality of life. For those of you who missed it,…
Dementia Alliance International has a new survey about dementia friendly communities for people with dementia and their care partners (meaning an unpaid family carer or significant other who is actively supporting them). We are very keen to hear your thoughts and that these campaigns and initiatives mean to you, and if they have positively impacted…
Drowning in the afternoon clouds The moon appearing as the darkness falls Light streaming through Like lasting strands of love Midnight dreams unsettling Gnawing away at confidence and strategy Suggestions of tomorrows maybes And reminders of yesterdays struggles Lightness as the dawn awakens the soul As it quiets the inner torment and worrying Allowing reason to…
With permission from Alzheimer’s Australia, I am sharing their latest survey: This year for Dementia Awareness Month we are asking you to tell us about your social connections and contact with family. Please take our anonymous survey by clicking here.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DAM2016 It will only take 3-4 minutes. We will publish these results in September, 2016 to raise…
He sits Alone Amongst a crowd Wondering what Tomorrow Will bring forth His dreams Wondering How to realise Always pondering Aloneness New directions Questioning the Old Seeking new truths It’s not Loneliness He has friends But a Yearning Inside his soul Focusing on Love For the universe Kate Swaffer Copyright © 2016
I was recently published in the Australian Journal of Dementia Care (AJDC), and my article has been republished the Aged Care Report Card this week as well. You can read the full article, What people with dementia want from residential care homes, where I explain what people with dementia have said they want from residential care, based on my own experience…
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