It is day 2 of my trip to the UK, and I’ve got about 30 minutes to get a blog written to keep up with my self-imposed discipline of publishing daily. Whilst it might only be a commitment to myself, it is still important, some might even say, more so. I therefore thought the best…
I’ve arrived in London today, travelling from Adelaide via Kuala Lumpar with the stepson of my recently deceased friend Michael. We are here until next Friday, simply to spend a little time with his family. It will be a sad trip, but full of deep meaning and love and am looking forward to it. Suffice…
Hello it is nice to meet you my online friends And lovely to chat to friends I’ve met for real admonished for meeting up with strangers not even Skype or the telephone to check they are not imaginary Perhaps even axe murderers or paedophiles a poor example of safety to the children So come…
I follow Jeff Goins, a writer and blogger, and am sharing his very insightful and instructive lessons about writing a book. “We have this idea that writing a book is a magical, mystical process involving only inspiration, but nothing that looks like hard work. The truth is the most creative, successful people I know are…
There are days I want to be the hare, in fact feel like the hare, racing as fast as I can… but these days, I am the tortoise, slow and focused, but not always so sure I’ll get there. Just occasionally, I feel exactly like the chap in the image!! However, on the second day…
I’ve purchased Estee Lauder products occasionally, but have only recently come across this brilliant saying… Thanks to Gen Y Girl for bringing it to my attention, and for her terrific blog. It seems my dreaming is to be the focus of my morning as my laptop, where the bulk of my work is sitting, is trying to repair itself!…
This is a unique friendship between a cat and an owl… a change from my Tuesday humour blog!
I’ve decided to add three valuable dementia resources. It seems everyone has caught up to digital media and they are springing up all over the world. Alzheimer’s Australia South Australia developed a collection of training videos called Is it dementia? They are well worth a look, and will go some way in helping to develop dementia friendly…
5 Things to Never Say to a Person With Alzheimer’s Author: Marie Marley Note: I may have re-blogged this before, but it is a very important reminder of how to treat people with dementia. “Yesterday afternoon, I walked into the spacious room belonging to Mary, a woman with dementia who has few visitors and with…
Friendship Weekends full of friends Friendship filling the hallways With laughter love and kinship That outweighs forgetfulness Photographs of days gone by Of children all grown up Nappies teething rings and toddlers Transformed by the years Into brilliant young men and women Fulfilling their own dreams and spaces Reminding us we are getting old Laughter transforming…
In her book Forget Memory : Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia Anne Davis Basting looks at how we understand memory and the fear around loss of memory. Basting shows that the fear and dread of losing our memory make the experience of the disease worse than it needs to be and emphasizes the importance …
Occasionally I am a confused younger person (!), but the topic of pain is of interest. When nursing in aged and dementia care in the 70’s and early 80’s, pain was not discussed or considered unless there was an obvious ‘injury’. As a carer for three PWD living in RAC in more recent times, it…
Last weekend I had a number of occasions for reminiscing with volunteering, school and nursing girlfriends. Catching up with ‘old’ friends is not only lots of laughter and fun, but it has a habit of highlighting my memory loss… More blank spaces, less understanding, and afterwards, a few more tears. I have random and episodic memory loss, some…
Another homework funny to brighten our day. I must say, the student who answered the question has rather a good point!!! I can’t remember being creative like that at school, but my stepson certainly had us laughing often with this type of creativity, although quite possibly his teachers were despairing!!! Enjoy your Tuesday, wherever you are…
I’m re-blogging today, as felt the following article to be insightful, and has some significant and interesting points about memory, for example; our memory : “is never a precise duplicate of the original [but] a continuing art of creation.” Why Time Slows Down When We’re Afraid, Speeds Up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation by Maria…
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