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…
In a blog comment this week about me handing things over to my BUB, I responded with this; ‘I have had to give up a couple of things this week, and hand the responsibility over to Pete.’ I felt physically SICK doing this, and incompetent, and guilty having to do so… even though I know he…
For many years I have been highlighting the fact that staff shovelling poo in a zoo usually earn a higher hourly pay rate than nursing home care workers, and that the care in a zoo is likely to be of a higher standard. Most people melt with love at videos of cute animals, and are…
Firstly, Happy New Year, and Happy New Decade! I’m not really up to writing original blogs (yet), and decided this year, it might be better to re-post some healty lifestyle – and healthy thinking – articles or videos. I really like this one, and am now also mildly inspired to want to become a Unicorn!…
Unbelievably (well, almost), it is already January 18, 2020, and this is my first forray back into blogging. In truth I hope it is not my last this year, but if it is, so be it. I’m delighted though, that although I have about 300 blogs in my draft folder, a post and video on…
Dementia Alliance International wants to hear ALL of the voices of dementia, and invites you to have your say. This includes, but is not limited to: People with dementia Care partners Families Researchers Policy makers Advocacy organisation staff Health Care Professionals Dementia Alliance International (DAI) wants to hear from you about your experience being involved…
I’m too tired to write a blog, but not so much not to wish everyone a safe, peaceful and hopeful festive season. Adding a collage of photographs from my garden, taken before the devastating heat in South Australia killed most of them. Some of you will have seen them on Facebook, so you can enjoy…
Thanks to social media for reminding me this was happening last week, and although I was unable to watch it live on the day, the link below will take you to it. Professor Rosemary Kayess is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of NSW, and the Vice Chair of the…
Evaluation of the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2015-2019 A consultation process to evaluate the National Framework for Action on Dementia 2015 – 2019 (the Framework) is now open for public response. The Framework guides the development and implementation of actions, plans and policies to reduce the risk of dementia and further improve outcomes…
