Friends make all the difference… one of my online friends from Sydney sent me this certificate and a delightful letter earlier this week. Friends, that is, you, bring very great joy to my life, and a wonderful relief from the relentless pressure of living with a diagnosis of dementia. Thank you.
Learning another language may help delay dementia By Ryan Jaslow / CBS News/ November 6, 2013, 6:17 PM, republished here in full. istockphoto A key way to avoid dementia may be learning another language. Neurologists are reporting in the largest study to date on the link between language skills and the brain-destroying disease…
Thank you for bringing this one to our attention, and for your terrific Memories Project. Overuse of anti psychotics and other restraints is a hot topic globally, and companies like this must beheld accountable. The Memories Project This past week, Johnson & Johnson was fined over $2 billion for false marketing and providing kickbacks to…
Reblogged from Brain Pickings because I really love this blog! 20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life by Maria Popova “It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.” As a hopeless lover of both letters and famous advice,…
This photo was taken recently at a girlfriends 60th birthday party, and I thought I’d share it as it is quite a change for us to be dressed up!! The theme was the 1920’s, and I even wore a dress, something I’ve not done since we married. Mostly, I am feeling the burden of dementia…
No signs of noise just the roar in our head the grazing of life turned inside out and upside down by the events in our world your world, their world thoughts turned into feelings transformations of opinions and actions left bare, desolate yet full of emotion silence made bearable through watching others…
When I worked in aged care, this generally meant many of the few people still coming to visit an elderly member of the family, simply stopped visiting. Looking at the image I have added, it doesn’t look very inviting even to the person who has to live there… I know it is a bare room,…
Jeff Goins is a blogger and writer I follow from the USA, and his email today hit the spot perfectly!! So much so, I am blogging in full it further below. However, these three lines really stood out; “We need you. Your voice and message matter too much for us to miss. Because if you…
When I was first diagnosed with younger onset dementia, my then 17 year old son in year 12 at school said, “But mum, isn’t that a funny old person’s disease?” Younger onset dementia complicates it further for children and teens, as rather than a grandparent, it is their own parent, who are still meant to…
It is Tuesday, and my theme is humour, but today, I cannot find a piece of homework to blog about, nor conjure up a funny story from my own life… However, here is a beautiful video of my girlfriend Karens dog Gem, who she found through the rescue working dogs organisation, taking on the mothering…
Whose Shoes?® is coming to Australia and I am extremely excited as together we are running a series of workshops in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide… click here to register for one at the City of Salisbury. Tuesday, 10 December 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CST) Salisbury, SA There is currently a global call for the transformation…
The last few days we have had friends from Queensland staying with us. Valerie was a colleague of mine in the mid 2000’s and we have remained close friends. Another crazy nurse!! She is very driven, and has acquired the name of Energiser Bunny. Not so long ago, another friend referred to me as Action Barbie, and…
Caught behind the apostles of life strapped in by a sea of moving limbs and throbbing hearts Clambering for pole position each and every one of them yearning for the ribbon The ribbon of a good life messages not heard samples of life passing by Fanciful wondrous dreaming of yesterdays…
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