It was an honour to win the esteemed Australian of The Year Award in SA for 2017, and to now be representing South Australia in January 2017. As a finalist last year, it was more than amazing to be nominated again, and even more incredible to not only be a finalist again this year, but to…
I’ve been trying to post more regular boots for World Alzheimer’s Month 2016, and felt it appropriate today to would share one that may be mildly contentious. If it is something I believe needs to be said, then one way or another, I usually get around to saying it; I thought I’d take a risk just for Friday, which is often referred…
This video Alone through Iran is of one woman’s journey across Iran and it is likely to change your heart… and soul. It is a moving journey of discover and love, something we all need more of, and a beautiful reminder to love more and judge less for World Alzheimer’s Month 2016 #WAM2016 Dementia Awareness Month 2016 #DAM2016
Well… coming, but perhaps not soon enough! We were promised this would be ready for Dementia Awareness Month, and yes, I suppose it will we, but not until the 15th at least , so disappointing not to be able to tell you it is available now when we are four days into the month. Even the websites…
Todays blogpost is an update of various opportunities to be involved or to see more of the work of DAI. Please also support us with a donation whenever you can, as the work we do directly supports people living with dementia to have a better quality of life. For those of you who missed it,…
With permission from Alzheimer’s Australia, I am sharing their latest survey: This year for Dementia Awareness Month we are asking you to tell us about your social connections and contact with family. Please take our anonymous survey by clicking here.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DAM2016 It will only take 3-4 minutes. We will publish these results in September, 2016 to raise…
This is the most common thing I hear from people about my diagnosis of dementia, and is possibly the most common others with dementia talk about. Even some people with dementia say it to me; yes, even when they themselves know how insensitive it is to hear it said. It is an odd conundrum, and one…
How do people, who are living with the symptoms of dementia and which is causing increasing cognitive disabilities, including memory loss, reduced cognitive abilities and changing emotions and behavioural responses, work together cohesively and without getting upset occasionally? One of the things I hear over and over again from this supporting someone with dementia, relates…
It is Saturday in Australia, and the first thing I’d like to do is say Happy Birthday to Shibley Rahman, a friend and colleague who will wake up in London, hopefully to a sunny day! It is not a great shot of me, but the flowers surrounding the entrance of the Bloomsbury Hotel in London…
Later today, there is to be a Twitter chat about Language and dementia, so if you want to join us use the hashtag #demphd and you’ll find me tweeting as @KateSwaffer plus you might find @DementiaAlliance and many others getting involved. The debate on language is usually rather robust, and it will be a good lead in…
See the Media Release below from the University of Wollongong, by Elise Pitt. I am thrilled to be a part of this innovative and exciting project. Equipping students with the skills needed to manage dementia “Pilot project to help the next generation of professionals tackle the growing issue of dementia in Australia. A pilot project…
The high and lows of social media continue to confound me! I joined LinkedIn some time ago, and get a huge number of requests to connect now from people who I don’t know personally. Because members on LinkedIn profess it is a ‘professionals’ site. What a load of rubbish!!! So many professionals on LinkedIn must be living under a mushroom. Call…
One of the problems with the advocacy organisations, and the many other organisations who have people with dementia in their mission statements, and who state they advocate ‘for’ us, and many who also say they are ‘fueled’ by the loss of a mother or father or some other person they loved ‘to dementia’, is that they may say…
It is a big week for DAI members in the UK as today is the beginning of Dementia Awareness Week in the UK. To coincide with it and the acceptance of a human rights approach to dementia by ADI and the ADI Council members in Budapest, Dementia Alliance International is releasing its first official publication on…
A friend of mine in the UK, Ken Clasper has written this important blog Getting the correct Diagnosis first time. As he says, getting the correct diagnosis, of anything, is imperative and having been misdiagnosed a number of times with serious conditions, or not diagnosed for 45 years, for a serious brain malformation, I get…
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