Who knows where Santa lives Or even if Santa exists Well, the Santa most people think of Dressed in the red coat With a long white beard Was a marketing idea for Coca Cola Nothing at all to do with Christmas Or religious beliefs… Stung once again By the commercial world.
Saul Alinsky wrote: “We learn, when we respect the dignity of the people, that they cannot be denied the elementary right to participate fully in the solutions to their own problems. Self-respect arises only out of people who play an active role in solving their own crises and who are not helpless, passive, puppet-like recipients…
As my regular readers here know, my aunty was killed in a hit and run accident last Friday night. The coward turned himself in, the next day only because the police let it be known part of his vehicle had been found at the scene. Sadly, it is highly likely if he had stopped she…
This is the photo my girlfriend took before my Graduation at the University of Wollongong yesterday. I was delighted to find out that I not only passed, but was awarded a Distinction in a Master’s of Science in Dementia Care… delighted of course! I shares the day with my first nursing girlfriend Jacinta, and another…
Relationships Based on Obligation Lack dignity Dementia care Provided by people Low in respect For people with dementia Lacks dignity Love Without respect Lacks dignity
To all my friends who have sent messages to me, and to my family on my blog yesterday, or on Facebook, Twitter, email or by phone or text, thank you from the bottom of our hearts, from us all. Due to a badge from the offending driver’s car being found, the coward handed himself into…
My dear aunt was killed last night By a hit and run driver… RIP Aunty Bet. As always, I would have loved to tell you I love you one more time
A couple of weeks ago I met a lady on the plane back from Melbourne who works as a chicken sexer. Of course, I must really live in a bubble as I had no idea what that was so even looked it up before we took off. I had quite a laugh with this woman,…
Stated in an article by NPR.org Old And Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem In Nursing Homes, “Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are currently receiving antipsychotic drugs, usually to suppress the anxiety or aggression that can go with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia.” They go on to say, “Antipsychotics, however, are approved mainly to treat serious…
Café Le Brain is DAI’s online memory cafe, where we enjoy discussion, support, and some laughter too! Memory cafes are open to people with dementia and their care partners who assist them. It’s easy to join and fun to attend! Every month we meet for Café Le Brain – an online Memory Cafe that uses video conferencing…
This is a reasonable (not perfect) and simple chart of dementia vs normal ageing, and although it is titled Making Sense of Memory Loss, and not all people with dementia have memory loss, nor are their symptoms caused by memory loss alone, I felt it a helpful chart to add here. Source: Alzheimer’s Team on…
Sadly, I have yet another horror story of our acute sector in Australia, and their mistreatment of people with dementia. Obviously I had hoped the experiences I wrote of three years ago had not continued, and that care for this very marginalised group might have improved. But alas, it seems not. When I wrote about…
On Tuesday evening this week I had the privilege and great honour of attending the official function to farewell Glenn Rees from Alzheimer’s Australia, although he dioes not foinish in his post for another week. Of all the people in the world I have met, Glenn Rees is the only one who truly engages with…
This week I have thought I would never be able to keep up with blogging, and yes, I know I have cheated a little by adding some jokes and another light hearted one, but in fact, on Tuesday I published a second blog, not remembering I had already hit the publish button once that day.…
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