In a post titled “Surprised by my anger” written by a dear friend Chrissy last year, the quote I’ve highlighted below resonates: “… it angers me that they don’t stop to think about the hurt they may be causing others.” In the last 14+ years, I’ve devoted my life to supporting people more recently diagnosed…
As I return to more regular writing and posting on my website, which is helping me to regain my own inner equilibrium, and sense of purpose, as the narrative therapy aspect of journalling has been restored. Every day, I continue to read others words using the various disability techniques now required for reading, and for…
Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer reviewers By Nicola Jones, Published on 11 October 2022 “A Nobel prizewinner is six times more likely than someone less well known to get a thumbs-up for acceptance, finds study.” This article fascinated me, although it did not surprise me, and this status bias [1] is applicable in…
As my husband said when he watched this,,, “you mean, I just worked out who I am, and tomorrow I won’t be me” 😂😂😂 The psychology of your future self (Dan Gilbert | TED2014) https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_psychology_of_your_future_self?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
It is difficult to believe that abuse, violence and assault including sexual assault and neglect is happening to older people and people with dementia in community and residential care, in Australia, or indeed, in any country. But it does, and the statistics are truly horrifying and hard to reckon with. Living in a rich developed…
Earlier this year, the UN Sub committee on the prevention of torture announced a visit to Australian, to inspect detention centres. For those who may not have heard of this committee, I have added the following information about their work available on their website: “The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or…
What’s Happened to Emotional Resilience? Our children are increasingly less able to handle the routine hardships of life. By Nancy Colier LCSW, Rev., Posted September 25, 2022 Three key points in the article were listed: Many children lack resilience and feel overwhelmed by life for a variety of reasons. Our culture may condition people to…
A COSP13 Side Event I spoke at in 2020 was featured in a United Nations Social Development Network (UNSDN) newsletter in May last year. It was also the FIRST EVER live webcast side event to be held in New York since the start of the corona virus pandemic. Anyway, I found this in my drafts…
An Op-Ed article by Patricia Bencivenga and Judy Butler, published on 14 October 2022 in the Pittsbert Post Gazette, Drug company tricks: Gaslighting the worried well into becoming the worried sick, highlights the power of the rich parhmaceutical companues, and their hold on research progress, researchers and dementia charities. They provide massive amounts of funding…
As has been common over my whole life, my views often do not reflect the majority. This is especially so in a number of areas related to dementia, and unfortunately, in this space, including amongst self-advocates, and it is sometimes uncomfortable for us all. Having a different view, a differing opinion or a different belief…
In research and journalism, and one would think, in most businesses too, anyone publishing an article or story, setting up a business, or applying for a new research grant, would have done a significant amount of research into the topic, so that 1) it is based on facts, 2) so as not to reinvent the…
The Chief Executive Officer at Women’s Community Shelters, Annabelle Daniel OAM, wrote an interesting post on LinkedIn recently, which began with Albert Einstein’s quote: ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ With the greatest of respect and with very much love for the fierce and wonderful…
I’ve been watching Episode 1 (Season 1) of the series on SBS , The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, and have just ordered the book this documentary series is based on, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America. Watching it felt like my story, except not for being black, but…
I’m unflinchingly determined to continue to expose what I believe to be human rights violations in particular against people living with dementia, of any age, and of our families. That someone else may not see something I beleive to be a violation, or that I am accused of being wrong, or of blaming people for…
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