‘Therapeutic’ interventions for dementia

  I have written often about the value of positive psychosocial and non pharmacological interventions for dementia, including listing the numerous ones I personally use almost every day. And although I find the article below quite useful, I feel it may be missing the point in some ways. By the way, ADL’s stands for Activities of Daily Living, of…

Meeting more Imaginary friends… #ADI2015

I’m in Perth intending to attend the ADI 2015 conference in Perth, and have been able to meet a few more of my ‘imaginary’ friends! Yes, people I have met on Facebook or twitter, or through my blog, who are real people. Not axe murders, or imaginary. People like Shibley, and Chris, Jayne, and their daughter Kate,…

ADI speakers terms and conditions

Next year Alzheimer’s Disease International and Alzheimer’s Australia are holding a joint conference in Perth. The following is the latest Speakers Terms and Conditions for presenting at Alzheimer’s Disease International conferences, with their recommendations on appropriate language for dementia. The whole document is here ADI2015-Speaker Terms and Conditions_2014, and I have copied the language section…