“But you don’t look like you have dementia…”
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Weeding our own gardens
Too often we worry about what others think of what we do or say, and too often people judge us on what we say, think or do. It’s time we all worried about the flowers AND weeds in our own ‘gardens’ and left others to their own.
Respite vs Bed & Breakfast?
Many of us with dementia really dislike the term respite; we also dislike the terms Day Centre or Day Care as that’s the place we took our three-year olds. Anyway, a friend Sarah Yeates and volunteer of DAI who is also the manager of the Caledonia Dementia Care recently asked me what I thought would be…
Sharing our own reality
Our memories are often not reality, but rather what we have heard, or what we want to remember, and for those of us losing our memories, then our reality can change dramatically. For someone without dementia trying to understand our new reality, especially when it can change at any moment in time, must be one…
ePAT Pain assessment App
Yesterday I received an email from the University of Wollongong with the following media release about the ePAT App has now received regulatory clearance in Australia and for the European Economic Area (EAA). Below is the announcement that was placed on the ASX yesterday. As one of more than 50 million people living with dementia…
The Gods made me crazy!
Well, I’ve realised my husband is right and I am probably an idiot as I book in too many meetings when we travel. Below is an updated itinerary as of today, as some meetings changed overnight, but who knows, if I can squeeze any more in, I’m sure I will find a way! We are…
Is it fair for everyone to be paid for their expertise?
Whilst this blog is not exactly a discussion on the new narrative of dementia, which is my current my #hottopic, this YouTube video sent to me by The Amazing Susan and makes it reasonably clear what I mean… and although it gave me a good laugh, it hits home exactly about what has been annoying…
Bugger…
Ok, so I know the word bugger Could be seen as crude But frankly, it is how I feel Yesterday I talked to my BUB Then I wondered where he was So I was frantically looking for him In our own home He was nowhere to be found So I called him on his mobile…
