Firstly, as we all face the current healthcare crisis, I acknowledge the challenging nature of these times and hope you are all safe and well. I suggest we phone our family and friends, and if that’s difficult, then consider writing a letter or sending a card. I love receiving letters and cards… I’m staying off…
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Thanks to Ita Buttrose, AO, OBE, an Australian journalist, businesswoman, television personality and author, and who was also Australia Of The Year in 2013 for inviting me to be interviewed on The Studio. Ita is a true media Icon, an inspiration for all women of all ages, and a woman who I feel lucky enough to call a…
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It was a privilege to be interviewed on ABC Breakfast by Paul Kelly 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:…
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The loneliness of my grief is sometimes like my private torment, only visible to my heart and soul… I try desperately to hide my tears, to live inside my ‘denial bubble’, but every now and then the pain escapes. It is then that I realise that my eyes are filled with tears, and the indescribable sadness,…
This is a slightly revised and updated list of tips from the one I published here last week with 17 tips. The day after that I also wrote one called My dementia Trumpet call, explaining a little why I’d put together a list in the first place. Of course, there was some angst from a…
Thanks to a dear friend Michael Horvich for alerting me to the article below on his blog, A Disturbing Read. How the pandemic will end, by Ed Young – it is worth reading! And Bill Gates tells us we are not ready for the next pandemic in 2018!
It is time to embrace what we are given, and build a life around it, without fighting against whatever is thrown our way. Build a positive life out of whatever disparate things you are offered. Open your heart and you will thrive. Smell the flowers, walk on the beach or in the park. Spend time…
In this time of COVID-19, when everyone is being asked to keep a distance from each other, and to remain isolated, it is important to note that some groups in our community already experience social isolation and confinement, especially people with dementia, many older people, and those living in nursing homes (residential aged care). As…
A Professor from Scotland, and a former Scottish government official, June Andrews has been quoted as saying: A coronavirus pandemic would be ‘quite useful’ in killing off hospital bed blockers… She then blamed politicians and a lack of social care services for her truly vile comments. What an inhumane and hurtful thing to think, let alone to…
Today I am simply reposting a blog from a dear friend of mine, which I really love. Thank you Peter Gordon, for being a friend, and a fellow Sparta.
DAI’s “Meeting Of The Minds” Webinar, February 26/27, 2020 Clowning as a medium of promoting the communication and wellbeing of adults living with cognitive impairments Presented by Professor Lenisa Brandão – Wednesday, February 26, 2020 (USA/CA/UK/EU) – Thursday, February 27, 2020 (AU/NZ/JP/SGP/TWN) Please note: this is one event, set in a number of different time…
As I fade from the light… I’m hoping this will help bring me back. A reblog from 2017, and although I’ve been listening to it for decades, it feels like it is time to listen to this daily again. https://kateswaffer.com/2017/09/26/time-thoughts-produce-actions/
