How not to say the wrong thing http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407 It works in all kinds of crises – medical, legal, even existential. It’s the ‘Ring Theory’ of kvetching. The first rule is comfort in, dump out. April 07, 2013|Susan Silk and Barry Goldman (Illustration by Wes Bausmith…) When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of…
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Congratulations Beth on your award. It is much deserved, and I am proud to be your friend. I decided to re-blog your post in full, so that more people know of the important heart work you are doing. Thank you. xox Your voice By Beth Britton, 27 November 2013 Sometimes I meet people who seem…
Poetry has become for me a non pharmacological and positive psychosocial intervention for dementia, especially the types of poem writing requiring specific formats. I write a lot of haikus, and occasionally a villanelle or sestina, but lately have been researching a few more styles. The triolet is my next quest, and hopefully the explanation further below will help…
There are days when I like to promote another blog, or someone else’s stories or work, and today is one of them. Wendy follows my blog, and has contributed so positively about her personal experience of working with Dementia Care Mapping, I asked her to write about it. There is definitely a lot of information…
It seems to be working!!!!!! He either went, and forgot, or he forgot to go, but hey, what does it matter… At a forum the other day, a group of us were talking about healthy brain tips, and someone suggested they should give up drinking wine as it might affect their memory. I suggested at…
Next Sunday I will be heading to Sydney to meet up with Gill Phillips, the creator and owner of Whose Shoes. Not so long ago, she was one of my axe murdering Imaginary friends!! We are working together in three states, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide towards creating change in practice, in particular in the area of…
A friend responded to my recent blog Language and Dementia which was a discussion about the use of language and the term Living with Dementia, and who should use it. With her permission, I am publishing her email today. She said she is very passionate about the topics and proud to have her name included. Thank you Janet.…
Life is one wonderful crazy, sometimes painful train ride, and along the way we meet lots of unsung heroes, the people I think who are the real heroes, not the celebrities or some of our sporting heroes. I had the pleasure of having coffee with Kevin Harvey today, having reconnected with him recently at Buddha…
I have had this crazy dream brewing ever since my girlfriend from Queensland stayed with me. She is a marathon runner, and has been running all over Australia and the world, and wants one day to run across the Simpson Desert. Ever since watching the video clip below, I cannot get it out of my…
I follow many other blogs, and I’ve regularly been reading one called Living well with Lewy Body Dementia written by a chap in the UK, Ken Clasper, and another called D4Dementia written by Beth, a friend of mine in the UK. Posted on Ken’s blog today, was his response to the article Improving dementia care: ask those who have lived with the illness written…
Tuesdays are usually my day for finding something mildly humorous to add here, a joke, a family story or some other anecdote. Today, I wanted to add this wonderful article, in full, as it reminds me so much of the love that has deepened between my husband and I since Mr Dementia moved into our home, and…
A number of people with dementia, or caring for loved ones with dementia have been discussing and reviewing the language being used in the sector. The LGBTI community have their own document on the use of what is appropriate and what is offensive language, and this goes some way to assisting us in the development of…
Yesterday I attended an event at Buddha House, not far from where I live. For many years I have felt drawn towards Buddha House, and have been meaning to visit it, but for various reasons have never made it. This year, I had the great pleasure to listen to His Holiness The Dalai Lama, and as he spoke, I once again…
Why do we finish school? Why do we search for that job we will love, or that next course we want to do? You know, the one that will make all the difference… Why does love lurch and loom in our lives? Why do we seek peace and inner happiness, the two things that seem…
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