Scott McArthur is a strong advocate of narrowing the “knowing doing gap” between research and industry, and is committed to inspiring change through development programmes and game theoretic applications to learning and decision making. Of course, I’m especially interested in learning why, including why even providing evidence for the need for change, is systematically rejected…
I’ve become increasingly frustrated that academics, service providers, advocacy organisations, dementia consultants and health care professionals refuse to include in their work, and therefore our services, that dementia is a major cause of disability and dependence globally (WHO). A few others are starting to feel my pain, and Daniela Greenwood today made a comment to…
I’m very pleased to be a member of the Australian Young Onset Dementia Special Interest Group, and to highlight the first two webinars we are hosting soon, focused on young onset dementia in Australia. Even if you don’t live in Australia, if you have young onset dementia, or have an interest in it, you will…
The last few weeks have had me going back to my undergraduate days when I was studying psychology, as I’ve witnessed many people around me making some some massive changes in their own lives. Some have also since spent a lot of time justifying not only their right to make them (which is 100% true),…
Leaders who understand that leading others is a privilege also understand that leading is first and foremost about service. Being the leader means that you have been placed in a position to serve others; it has nothing to do with you. Real leaders forget about themselves and instinctively react in their team’s best interest. It’s…
The Marx Brothers never fail to put a smile on mi dial, so when I’m finding it harder than usual, I’ll often turn to them! Thanks to Chico and Groucho today…
Today, it’s with Groucho Marx!
By Ronna Timpa | TEDxFremontEastWomen This is worth watching, and really listening to. Exclusion is invisible, and especially so by those who have learned the rhetoric of inclusion, and even by those who currently appear they are being included, and yes, even if it is not (yet) obvious to them it is probably conditional inclusion.…
In my spare time, I am searching for ideas and solutions to ensure real change for people with dementia and for why change has not happened, especially in terms of inclusion and diversity. Dementia taught me about ‘otherness’, as described by the late Dr Martin Luther King Junior, and what it feels like. It provided…
Published many years ago here, and then on my (no longer active) website, Living Beyond Dementia website: Anyone who follows this site knows I have been a believer in Bredesen’s Protocol, although I do have some healthy scepticism as well! In saying that, I believe if we don’t view dementia as a chronic disease, which…
The image of seeds in a sack by Frans Van Heerden from Pexel that I’ve used here today highlights to me clearly, why diversity should not be mistaken. After attending a meeting last week about improving diversity, and not feeling welcomed or that my opinion was valued, the goal of diversity had, in reality, failed…
My continuing concern about advocacy having made so little difference, continues. Last year, an ‘online colleague’ of mine sent me the following message: Have you been approached to contribute to the project on creating guidelines for the use of psychotropics in aged care? I think that your insight and the insight of DAI members is…
James McLoughlin is an Associate Professor at Flinders University in Bedford Park in Adelaide. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physio), a MSc(Clinical Neuroscience), and a PhD, and is an experienced neurological physiotherapist and Director of Advanced Neuro Rehab in South Australia, a neurological and vestibular rehabilitation clinic. James is passionate in promoting best…
We are pleased to publish the following article written by DAI member Emily Tan Tan Ong on Dementia and Rehabilitation, or rather, the lack of … Dementia and Rehabilitation by Emily Tan Tan Ong
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