The daily blog
It has come to this Whether or not to write my Candid daily blog!
ADI speakers terms and conditions
Next year Alzheimer’s Disease International and Alzheimer’s Australia are holding a joint conference in Perth. The following is the latest Speakers Terms and Conditions for presenting at Alzheimer’s Disease International conferences, with their recommendations on appropriate language for dementia. The whole document is here ADI2015-Speaker Terms and Conditions_2014, and I have copied the language section…
Watch my life on a post it note, the story of Christine Lyall-Grant
This is the story of one woman and her daughter. ONE life follows the story of Christine Lyall-Grant who has younger onset dementia, and her daughter, Fiona, who is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s reliance on her.
Homework funnies
I like discovering homework funnies for the occasional Tuesday, mostly because they remind me of our two boys when they were at school. I’m studying at the moment, although it is very hard going and I am well behind on end of semester work. In teenager style, I have blamed…
“PLEASE DON`T” by Norrms McNamara
With permission granted, I am publishing some words by a gentleman in the UK who is living with younger onset dementia. Norrms McNamara is inspirational, and is one of the founders of the Purple Angel movement, educating whole communities about what it is like to live with a diagnosis of dementia, and how to help…
Living With Dementia Panel session at ADI2014
Also published on the sixth of the Dementia Alliance International blog series, and the DAI YouTube channel, this video has snippets of what I call the wind beneath my wings… enjoy!
Never piss off a granny
One of my special girlfriends (VG) emailed this to me last week, and it gave me quite a giggle so I’m adding it as my Tuesday humour blog today! It is soooo true in spite of the Americanism’s and I can remember this all happening in every household when I was growing up! And we…
Loyalty, dementia and giving a damn!
Giving a shit is really what I’d have liked to used in the title, but I was trying not to be rude… Oh well, I’ve now failed on that front too!!! People with dementia need a lot of encouragement to keep going, to keep aspiring for change, to stay energised as advocates for themselves and…
Becoming a serious blogger and writer!!!
“1,000 Posts! Congratulations on writing 1,000 total posts on Creating life with words: Inspiration, love and truth.” Last week, as per my husband’s expertise and infinite knowledge of blogging and bloggers, I became a serious blogger as I reached 1000 blogs!!! I could hardly believe it and I didn’t realise it until afterwards, and with…
My dementia dream…
When I discovered People with dementia did not have a voice I had a dream When I experienced The stigma, discrimination and isolation of dementia I had a dream When I realised that most of the support available was for carers And what support was available to people with dementia Was overtaken by others I…
Updated: 20 things not to say to a person with dementia
Latest blog from Dementia Alliance International
Check out blog #5 in the weekly blog series at Dementia Alliance International. This week it features another video of Richard Taylor presenting at ADI2014 with fellow DAI member Sid Yudowitch.
20 things not to say or do to a person with dementia
This is a slightly revised and updated list of tips from the one I published here last week with 17 tips. The day after that I also wrote one called My dementia Trumpet call, explaining a little why I’d put together a list in the first place. Of course, there was some angst from a…
An innovative video from Israeli Alzheimer Association
This is what took place in Israel’s largest Cinema complex during Alzheimer’s Awareness Week. Thousands of people experienced for themselves feelings confusion and disorientation in only one minute…. EMDA Israeli Alzheimer Association: The wrong movie
Life in the gym
Chasing dreams full of hope Muscles gleaming Abs like washboards Wondering Desperately Why I’m not home in bed One look in those dreaded mirrors Tells a tale worth thousands The truth I could be doing this from home No monthly fees Resolutions not in the bin Watching butterflies and birds Walking along the creek…
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