It was a privilege to be interviewed on ABC Breakfast by Paul Kennedy and Ali More, on 10 January 2017 in Melbourne. Almost better than that, was a family friend Jo Sullivan, a sports journalist who works there, who surprised me by escorting me to the studio (I had forgotten he worked there!!)! This is the interview:…
It is already mid January 2017, and I’ve not yet posted a blog, so am hoping to rectify the today! I started this ages ago, but have had trouble paddling since December so have not achieved very much at all. Anyway, it may be worth looking back and reflecting as we prepare for yet another year. The years…
The late Richard Taylor PhD continues to inspire and motivate many people with and without dementia around the world, and will always be for me, the person ‘who saved my life’. Meaning, the person who showed by example, it was possible to live with dementia, and I did not just have to go home and die…
When I am conscious, I strive to be a nice person, but, I also always strive to tell the truth, and to provide (positive and sometimes negative) feedback on things done well, or comments on things I may feel or think could or should be done differently. That does not mean I am right, merely that I have an opinion, which…
Wishing you all a happy weekend! As I have been so slack with blogging, I thought I would reblog a few of my posts from my Living Beyond Dementia site, which I think will need to be migrated over to this site anyway, or closed down. I am pretty sure I also need a pro bono web…
Obviously, I rarely blog here very often any more, as I have taken the activities of Living beyond dementia to a whole new level! In fact, I have not written even a monthly blog on that site or on my recipe blog since August!! In October, I posted four blogs here, and in November, so far, only…
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…
There were a few who reminded me my website is not a place of Medical Advice, which I make very clear on my home page, which I will add up from here: “No Medical Advice: Information and other content included on this Site is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not meant 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…
For my continuing series of World Alzheimer’s Month / Dementia Awareness Month 2016 #WAM2016 #DAM2016 blogs, the post today is about the impact of hearing and reading about possible cures, and failed research. Members of Dementia Alliance International, and the much wider community of people with dementia and our families, are constantly being bombarded with this or that…
Every day, either in a quote within a picture, or on an email footer or article about dementia, I see the wish for “A World without Alzheimer’s (or Dementia)”. For World Alzheimer’s Month 2016, please let’s all start being realistic. Every time I see these quotes, I think to myself, “How ridiculous, especially when we are not…
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…
Published today, I wrote this a while ago for The Huffington Post… The copyright terms allow me to publish it in full, which I have done for my very lazy blog today! I Was Diagnosed With Dementia At 49 And It Was A Gift There are more than 47 million people diagnosed with dementia and I am…
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,…
I was recently published in the Australian Journal of Dementia Care (AJDC), and my article has been republished the Aged Care Report Card this week as well. You can read the full article, What people with dementia want from residential care homes, where I explain what people with dementia have said they want from residential care, based on my own experience…
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