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…
It is Christmas Eve in Australia, and after reading an article yesterday about really having time away from the daily routines and work, I have decided this is my last blog for 2015! I have had a truly incredible year, full of many highs and at least as many lows. It is wonderful that I have…
Yes, I am suffering… but only some of the time not every moment of every day And, importantly… not always from dementia more often from the language of dementia The symptoms of dementia do not consume me one hundred percent of the time Only some moments of some days and definitely not all days So why then must others…
I’ve written on this many times, but also feel, no matter how many times we talk about Neuroplasticity, and the brain’s ability to change and heal itself, it will never be enough as not everyone is yet listening. I am a firm believe, and have been for a very long time. I have also believed…
If you are someone with dementia, or supporting a person with dementia, remember they may have hurts and losses, perhaps even similar to what I describe below, but consciously or unconsciously exacerbated with all the ‘joy’ of an occasion like Christmas, that is ripping up their heart inside, and making them seem more anxious, upset or angry. They…
This is a simple, succinct quote on who’s got the problem in caring for or communicating with people with dementia, and if this point was taken seriously, and considered fully in the dementia sector, 90% of the so-called ‘challenging behaviours’ we are so negatively and glibly labelled with would probably never surface… If you can’t understand…
