This is the first time I’ve re-blogged one of my own blogs, but one of my new readers who I happened to meet in person asked me to think about re-blogging some of the posts I felt new readers might enjoy. After blogging almost daily for over three years, even using the Search box, it…
Days alone with dementia Laughter and love Tragedy and sadness Memory loss Playing cards alone Grief, tears, shock Humiliation and stigma Dancing Daring Keeping secrets Engagement and inspiration Hysterical and life changing Moments lost in time
I’ve been away for a week, and almost every day someone has asked me is Alzheimer’s Disease the same as dementia, even a registered nurse working in aged care. One taxi driver said he thought his mum was ‘soooooo lucky’ to have Alzhiemer’s Disease and not dementia like his father, although then went into a…
The food served to residents living in aged care is often less than palatable, and it is thrilling that some of the top chefs in Adelaide are working towards helping that to change. See the video of Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant, both fabulous South Australians who also featured together on the program called The…
I’m in the final stages of a subject on rehabilitation and dementia, and this Wordle was one of the last activities for our online weekly activities. It was wonderful to be learning a course that promotes rehabilitation for the elderly and for people with dementia, but it is curious it is not actually happening for…
A few months ago, and for the first time in my life as a dementia advocate and speaker, it was not a pleasure to present at a conference, and it has taken me some time to recover emotionally, and to be able to talk more about it here. The final session of Day 1 of…
Alzheimer’s Australia report shows misuse of psychotropic medications in people with dementia First published 26 March 2014, I felt this was worthy of blogging about again as a reminder to us all, as only yesterday heard from a clinician in aged care it was ok to use them. Up to 80% of people with dementia…
He is the coolest cat there is… well, other than Boris! I flew into in Sydney late yesterday, and stayed in a hotel at Olympic Park, en route to Kiama for the next three days, and wait for it… a hotel with no room service, no dinner and no breakfast. Garfield would not like it…
I’ve had a bit to do with illness, and in my experience, it is the stories written by people who are sick, or have been gravely ill, including sick doctors, that are often the very best teachers of knowledge of how to care for sick people. They go beyond the medicalisation of illness and human…
Since I have signed a contract for a book, I have had a minor dose of what I can only think must be writer’s block! I will definitely get it finished, and I have had a lot of very valid excuses not to complete it; for example, some other health issues, some deaths in our…
Such sweetness Fluffy soft beauty Sleeping soundly Completely at peace Days of wonder ahead But for now Dreaming of milk On Blossom Rocks guitar!
It seems like this unique service is something that could be replicated in other areas and states, once funding support is received. This would be much cheaper than residential care so often forced upon people because the respite choices are either not available, or are inadequate to the person due to issues such as age…
The perfect segue from my tips for dementia care earlier this week is this list of things Barry Cohen has listed in an article Stuck inside living hell with no way out, written by a former Labor minister, reveals his battle with dementia. It is funny how when it becomes personal, it is so much easier…
Dementia: Memory apps and lighting ‘as important as drugs’ BBC News Liverpool; 17 October 2014 Last updated at 14:14 “People with dementia in Liverpool have been helping develop new technologies for the condition. They have helped create and test memory-aiding apps as well as trying out artificial lighting to mimic changes in natural light,…
In an effort to get back to some humour on a Tuesday, I am adding this cartoon, sourced via Google Images. I was in a relationship with a twin, and they used to talk of jokes like this. When they were young men, and wanted to end a relationship, apparently they would do it for…
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