This week, Dementia Alliance International (DAI) is holding another of its monthly educational Webinars, and I forgot to share it here. Our guest speaker is Emeritus Professor Rhonda Nay, and she is talking on Sexuality and dementia: Rights, risks and responsibilities. About Rhonda’s session: Walk into a room and say ‘sex’ and everyone will sit up and listen. Sex…
Sometimes I get it wrong Sometimes I get it right Sometimes things I do or say upset people Sometimes I am misunderstood Sometimes I misunderstand Sometimes I am struggling more with dementia than on other days Sometimes I am unwell with other health issues Sometimes I am happy Sometimes I am crying or sad But always…
On this day 18 years ago, I married my dearest friend Peter Watt, and with our two sons, who introduced us, we became a ‘legal’ family. It was one of the happiest days of my life. I love you all very much. ❤ ❤ ❤
I cannot claim this is what most or even many people with dementia would want their families and friends who no longer support them or visit them or spend time with them since being diagnosed with dementia to hear… A great many of us with dementia no longer have ‘active’ relationships with them, although we…
Umberto Eco wrote a book La ricerca della lingua perfetta nella cultura europea (English: The Search for the Perfect Language in the European Culture; trans. James Fentress) in 1993, and is a book on a relatively marginal theme in the history of ideas. Whilst I have not read it since it first came out, I thought of it after…
“Planning Ahead is about taking control of your future. It is about putting things in place. It means that your choices will be known and acted on if you cannot express them yourself at some time in the future. This may happen if you have a sudden accident, become very ill or develop a condition that…
Living with dementia is like always being in the middle of a storm, or a potential storm, with someone or something. Either we are struggling to know how to make a cup of coffee or get dressed, and wondering if we have taken our tablets or even what to do in the shower is what…
This quote by Harry Urban, and who also openly and honestly says he has bad days some of the time from his diagnosis of dementia, writes a fabulous blog about the reality of his world, including the less than positive moments, but also how he is, and you and others can, live positively with dementia and…
This is for all my friends living with dementia, who have good day, bad days, and downright shitty days. Otis Clay: “The only way is up”
Today I am totally off topic, off genre, and off most other things, but felt like a bit of a rant about a few things!! Apologies in advance… perhaps give up now or you may regret reading this blog!!! Ok, perhaps I shouldn’t complain, as after all, I did wake up today, but I have always believed…
I continue to strive to achieve this every single day… Sometimes I fail, on others I succeed.
Today is Dignity Action Day in the UK, part of the Dignity in Care UK movement to improve dignity in care, not only in hospitals but in residential care as well. Dignity Action Day gives everyone the opportunity to contribute to upholding people’s rights to dignity and provide a truly memorable day for people receiving care.…
In 2014 I wrote a blog called there is big money in dementia. I’ve just re read it, and also the many comments made by some of my wonderful blog readers. I am constantly reminded about this problem, and whilst we need a thriving industry to better support people with dementia and our families, it…
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